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Full Idea
Like every great poet, Mallarmé was engaged in a tacit rivalry with mathematics.
Gist of Idea
All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics
Source
Alain Badiou (Mathematics and Philosophy: grand and little [2004], p.20)
Book Ref
Badiou,Alain: 'Theoretical Writings' [Continuum 2006], p.20
A Reaction
I love these French pronouncements! Would Mallarmé have agreed? If poetry and mathematics are the poles, where is philosophy to be found?
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] |