pyn quotes foucault?

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Paul Mackin writes:

> Greatly enjoyed both Andrew and Henry's takes on the Leni/Franz
> divide.  Algebra came to my own thoughts as something that might
> impress Franz.  Was it not said of Stephen Dedalus that he "proves
> with algebra" that Hamlet's grandson is Shakespeare's grandfather,
> or some such.

> Let the thread continue.

If you insist. I too love that line, although I believe it is
delivered by Mephistopheles, not Faust. But then the Devil always gets
the best gags. In particular I suspect that the young buck's notion of
`algebra' as practised by a `fearful Jesuit' is somewhat wider and
more all-embracing than that of yer average mathematician. More
Spinoza than Galois but with a dash of sophistry to taste.


Andrew Dinn
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