
“Rosemary’s reputation was known; he would, by obscure logic, become retrospectively a cuckold.”
Fiction, Beds in the East (1959)
John Wain "Ambiguous Gifts", in The Penguin New Writing no. 40 (1950); cited from John Lehmann and Roy Fuller (eds.) The Penguin New Writing 1940-1950: An Anthology (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985) p. 492.
Criticism
“Rosemary’s reputation was known; he would, by obscure logic, become retrospectively a cuckold.”
Fiction, Beds in the East (1959)
1930s, Obituary for Emmy Noether (1935)
Wholeness and the Implicate Order (1980)
Context: My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc. (Perhaps we could say that this is what is involved in harmony between the 'left brain' and the 'right brain'). This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society. <!-- p. xi
Letter to R. C. Trevelyan , September 7, 1932
Other Quotes
Introduction, sect. 2
La poétique de la rêverie (The Poetics of Reverie) (1960)
Source: Realistic models in probability (1968), p. 1
Quoted in Classic Essays on Twentieth-Century Music, ISBN 0028645812.
“Pure mathematics is in its way the poetry of logical ideas.”
1930s, Obituary for Emmy Noether (1935)
Context: Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. One seeks the most general ideas of operation which will bring together in simple, logical and unified form the largest possible circle of formal relationships. In this effort toward logical beauty spiritual formulas are discovered necessary for the deeper penetration into the laws of nature.