35. Chaos
And with such feelings, Paul Mongr& steps onto the ground of the great question of existence. That is his danger. It is doubtless that his conclusions will be decisive for these highest questions of existence, just as the Pythagorean theorem is decisive for reality, if the presuppositions of reality are just as true for those conclusions as they are for the Pythagorean theorem. Yes, if it weren't for this "if"!!! Construct mathematical relationships. There are two possibilities for you. Either in reality there are somewhere such presuppositions as you make, then you can also spin the conclusions that reality draws from these presuppositions into your mathematical web. If, however, reality does not fulfill your presuppositions, then your mathematical inventions will float in the void. But neither the one nor the other does any harm to the truth of your assertions. The Pythagorean theorem would remain true even if it were not fulfilled in any reality. The truth of the mathematical is therefore not at all dependent on reality in this respect. The mathematician is therefore only dealing with himself.