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Non-Euclidean Criticism
Fadiman, Clifton P. | May 28, 1930 issue

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This article presents information on the book "Poetry and Mathematics," by author Scott Buchanan. Both "Poetry and Mathematics" and Buchanan's earlier, more purely dialectical work "Possibility" are the productions of mind whose like is very infrequently found among American writers. The great exemplar of this type of mentality is, of course, Plato; and there are in this book many paragraphs which, in their deep irony, may justly be called Platonic. At times Buchanan's intellectual flexibility leads him into whimsy, into analogies which are far-fetched even though delightful; but his very flights of fancy have an undertone of quiet amusement with himself which is wholly captivating.

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AUTHORS; BUCHANAN, Scott; AUTHORSHIP; MATHEMATICS; POETRY; BOOKS
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