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 Reference
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?