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Full Idea
Philosophy's role consists in informing mathematics of its own speculative grandeur.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics
Source
Alain Badiou (Mathematics and Philosophy: grand and little [2004], p.11)
Book Ref
Badiou,Alain: 'Theoretical Writings' [Continuum 2006], p.11
A Reaction
Revealing the grandeur of something sounds more like a rhetorical than a rational exercise. How would you reveal the grandeur of a sunset to someone?
| 9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
| 9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
| 9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
| 9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
| 9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
| 9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |