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Sandor Szathmari's Kazohinia: Mathematics and the Platonic Idea
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201901.03 Susan Siggelakis
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201901.03 Susan Siggelakis
In this article I analyse Sándor Szathmári’s utopian, satiric novel, The Voyage to Kazohinia, as an exercise in the portrayal of Platonist ideas. Through a discussion specifically of Szathmári’s portrayal of the way mathematics is conceived in two different, imaginary societies, I aim to reveal his preoccupation with exploring a solution to the essential political and moral problem of the alienation of interests between the individual and the group. This analysis locates Szathmári’s ideas within the Platonic tradition as well as within the context of 20th century philosophical ideas, particularly those of Georg Lukács. Szathmári’s portrayal of two worlds, one with mathematics and one without, is used to show that man craves an objective reality outside of himself, by which humans can escape from the subjective, psychological torments and uncertainties that assail all our lives. Mathematics, in the sense that it is stable and eternal (at least according to Plato) is both a means towards and evidence of the possibility of an eternal and knowable Good upon which a truly just society may be built.
中文翻译:
Sandor Szathmari的Kazohinia:数学与柏拉图式思想
在这篇文章中,我分析了桑多·萨特玛里(SándorSzathmári)的乌托邦式讽刺小说《向卡祖尼娅的航行》,以此作为对柏拉图主义思想的刻画。通过专门讨论Szathmári对两个不同的假想社会中数学构想的描绘,我的目的是揭示他对探索解决个人与群体之间的利益异化这一基本政治和道德问题的解决方案的关注。该分析将柏拉图式的思想定位在柏拉图式的传统以及20世纪哲学思想的背景下,尤其是格奥尔格·卢卡奇的思想。萨斯玛里(Szathmári)对两个世界的描述,一个带有数学世界,一个没有数学世界,用来表明人渴望自己之外的客观现实,人类可以借此摆脱主观,困扰我们一生的心理折磨和不确定性。从稳定和永恒的意义上讲,数学(至少根据柏拉图的说法)既是一种手段,也可以证明一种可能建立永恒和可知的善良,从而可以建立一个真正公正的社会。
更新日期:2019-01-01
中文翻译:
Sandor Szathmari的Kazohinia:数学与柏拉图式思想
在这篇文章中,我分析了桑多·萨特玛里(SándorSzathmári)的乌托邦式讽刺小说《向卡祖尼娅的航行》,以此作为对柏拉图主义思想的刻画。通过专门讨论Szathmári对两个不同的假想社会中数学构想的描绘,我的目的是揭示他对探索解决个人与群体之间的利益异化这一基本政治和道德问题的解决方案的关注。该分析将柏拉图式的思想定位在柏拉图式的传统以及20世纪哲学思想的背景下,尤其是格奥尔格·卢卡奇的思想。萨斯玛里(Szathmári)对两个世界的描述,一个带有数学世界,一个没有数学世界,用来表明人渴望自己之外的客观现实,人类可以借此摆脱主观,困扰我们一生的心理折磨和不确定性。从稳定和永恒的意义上讲,数学(至少根据柏拉图的说法)既是一种手段,也可以证明一种可能建立永恒和可知的善良,从而可以建立一个真正公正的社会。