Niklas Luhmann: That actually has the very concrete background, of a friend who has since died, who tried to do exactly that. It was about putting a kind of metaphysical poetry (at least that's my idea, which came out of my theory, he died at 79, so early seventies or even earlier, we knew each other since student days) into a linguistic form.
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parallel | BrE ˈparəlɛl, AmE ˈpɛrəˌlɛl | A adjective 1 parallel ▸ line A is parallel to line B (in geometry) Gerade A ist der Geraden B parallel ▸ the railway ran parallel to the river die Bahnlinie verlief parallel zum Fluss 2 (figurative) (similar) vergleichbar ▸ be parallel sich (Dat.) [genau] entsprechen (share common features) Parallelen aufweisen ▸ there is nothing parallel to this in history dazu gibt es in der Geschichte keine Parallele B noun 1 Parallele (Fem.) ▸ this has no parallelor is without parallel dazu gibt es keine Parallele ▸ there is a parallel between x and y es gibt eine Parallelität zwischen x und y ▸ the two societies are parallels die beiden Gesellschaften gleichen sich 2 (Electricity) in parallel parallel ▸ be connected in parallel parallel geschaltet sein 3 (Geography) parallel [of latitude] Breitenkreis (Mask.) ▸ the 42nd parallel der 42. Breitengrad 4 (Astronomy) Deklinationskreis (Mask.) C transitive verb 1 (match) gleichkommen (+ Dat.) ▸ his arrogance cannot be paralleled seine Arroganz ist beispiellos 2 (find sth similar to) this behaviour may be paralleled in human life eine Parallele zu diesem Verhalten lässt sich beim Menschen feststellen 3 (compare) vergleichen parallel | paraˈleːl | A adjective (also figurative) parallel B adverb ▸ parallel verlaufen (also figurative) run parallel (mit, zu to) ▸ parallel zu etw. (figurative) in parallel with sth