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To makeI've never made spiritual uplift a math class spiritually upliftinggoal of my teaching, teach somebut if asked, I would do it using history of the spiritual connections of math.

  • Discuss Newton's General Scholium to the Principia, his greatest application of calculus: "This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets, and Comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."

  • Discuss Berkeley's Analyst, with its criticism of the unrigorous calculus and frequent comparisons to religion.

  • Discuss magic squares in a linear algebra class, perhaps reformulating the conditions in terms of matrices.

This has the advantage of connecting spirituality to particular topics in the math classes.

To make a math class spiritually uplifting, teach some history of the spiritual connections of math.

  • Discuss Newton's General Scholium to the Principia, his greatest application of calculus: "This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets, and Comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."

  • Discuss Berkeley's Analyst, with its criticism of the unrigorous calculus and frequent comparisons to religion.

  • Discuss magic squares in a linear algebra class, perhaps reformulating the conditions in terms of matrices.

I've never made spiritual uplift a goal of my teaching, but if asked, I would do it using history.

  • Discuss Newton's General Scholium to the Principia, his greatest application of calculus: "This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets, and Comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."

  • Discuss Berkeley's Analyst, with its criticism of the unrigorous calculus and frequent comparisons to religion.

  • Discuss magic squares in a linear algebra class, perhaps reformulating the conditions in terms of matrices.

This has the advantage of connecting spirituality to particular topics in the math classes.

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To make a math class spiritually uplifting, teach some history of the spiritual connections of math.

  • Discuss Newton's General Scholium to the Principia, his greatest application of calculus: "This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets, and Comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."

  • Discuss Berkeley's Analyst, with its criticism of the unrigorous calculus and frequent comparisons to religion.

  • Discuss magic squares in a linear algebra class, perhaps reformulating the conditions in terms of matrices.