2011 (2)

In other words, the information I saw a documentary about Lajos Fülep on channel Duna2. It was a very good movie; this is why it is worth watching TV. I was particularly glad that my favorite contemporary poet - László Lator - also appeared in this film. I always enjoy listening to how he speaks of someone or something with childlike enthusiasm and bright eyes. He wrote a poem that feels as if it came from my soul. The personality, knowledge and world view of Lajos Fülep is so impressive that it would have deserved a longer documentary. This is not to criticize the movie but to appreciate Lajos Fülep. My personal involvement with Lajos Fülep is some common favourites:…
Mathematics grew out of verbal language and it became something of a unique non-verbal language no other language can be compared to, a language which also describes reality, modeling it like any other language does. Verbal language has a strong influence on our thinking. Those who are not familiar with mathematics may think that our thinking is only based on verbality. For example, Heidegger wrote somewhere that "One only thinks in so far as they talk, and not the other way around as methaphysics still believes." By contrast, Roger Penrose who is a prominent mathematician and physicist and he is an excellent artist of verbal language as well, wrote in his book titled "The Emperor's New Mind" that if he has…