Abstract / Synopsis
"Euclidean Vision" is a short poem that evaluates geometry from a humanistic perspective, focusing partly on its pleasures. Geometry gives us the pleasing assurance of certainty. It does this through the radical abstraction of space and form, which makes possible a completeness of mathematical vision based on axioms. It's this purity that guarantees a knowledge that "can go on forever." In the end, the poem points to the wonderful freedom that geometry and other mathematical disciplines give us in the midst of difficult and confusing lives. In its beauty and universality, geometry stands as an eternal aspect of the human project. Because we can see that mathematics transcends history and cultures, we may feel inspired to work together to protect the viability of our shared world.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.YYVK2607
Recommended Citation
Joseph Chaney, "Euclidean Vision (a poem)," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 15 Issue 2 (July 2025), pages 387-387. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.YYVK2607. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol15/iss2/26
