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Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won’t find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions. Mathematics, however, can illuminate them, can give them expression—in fact, nothing can prevent it from doing so.

Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]

Hermetic quote Ogawa The Housekeeper and the Professor eternal truths ultimately invisible material things natural phenomena human emotions mathematics illuminate expression nothing can prevent it

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June 18, 2021

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