On Truth and Freedom (or, Math as a Liberal Art)

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“Mr. Faulkner, I really struggled with this problem.  I knew I was somewhat on the right track but I just could not figure out how to get to the answer.  So I started to get frustrated, but I kept working.  Then finally I figured it out and I was so excited that I shouted, ‘Yes, I’ve got it!’ so loudly that my mom heard me from the next room.”

“And how did you feel when you finally found the way to the answer?”

“I felt . . . I felt free.”

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“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.”  1 Corinthians 13:12

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”  John 8:32

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