“If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child's natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn't possibly do as good a job as is currently being done-I simply wouldn't have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soul-crushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education.” IfsKindChildrenIdeasSoulDoneJobsPurposeImaginationNaturalDesignAnd LoveMathematicsCuriosityPatternsCome UpContemporaryCrushDestroyingMechanismBeing DoneNatural Curiosity Author:Paul Lockhart
“The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept of mathematical beauty.” WorldHeartMadeSoulPhilosophyFormScienceNaturalNumbersEducationConceptsHarmonyMathematicsMathematicalManifestHeart And SoulNatural PhilosophyMathematical Beauty Book:On Growth and Form Source: On Growth and Form
“Public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can't be measured with economics or mathematics; it must be felt with the soul.” SoulValuesFeltSpaceKissingEconomicsMathematics Author:Enrique Penalosa
“Mathematics is good for the soul, getting things right enlivens a sense of truth, efforts to understand automatically purify desires.” SoulDesireEffortMathematics Book:Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals Source: Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
“Men are constantly attracted and deluded by two opposite charms: the charm of competence which is engendered by mathematics and everything akin to mathematics, and the charm of humble awe, which is engendered by meditation on the human soul and its experiences. Philosophy is characterized by the gentle, if firm, refusal to succumb to either charm.” IfsMenHumansTwoSoulPhilosophyMeditationOppositesMathematicsHumbleFirmGentleCharmAweCompetenceHuman SoulRefusalDeludedTwo Opposites Book:An Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ten Essays Source: An Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ten Essays