Cardano’s Courage
A tale of standing steadfast amidst criticism & scorn…
I have studied many women & men of genius, & noted one thing in light of how their ideas were initially met with scathing scorn & criticism — it is better I present it as a small quote of my own below —
“Genius, does not care even if it is laughed at.”
History is proof & witness (or in programming terms, a log ) to this phenomenon, time & again.
I have been badly wanting to talk about this crazy person, Gerolamo Cardano —who I think deserves a special mention for being such a courageous person, bold enough to follow his hunches about the mysterious field of numbers to which he made some remarkable contributions.
I wanted to describe one specific achievement of his, which exemplifies the sheer courage of so many great minds in the past, in “standing up, & standing firm” for what one’s Heart feels right, despite the whole world around laughing at the apparent “non-sense” of your ideas…!
This episode has been documented in Cardano’s magnum-opus — “Ars Magna”—(literally, “the Great Art”)
And I decided to try my BEST to really come up with a step-by-step description of the same…!
I have long craved for a way to somehow “express” the mad torrent of colors & ideas & nuggets of anecdotes, etc., with a high-fidelity w.r.t. HOW/WHAT I really “see” or “feel”…!
I am re-sharing this story on Medium that I had scribbled long ago using my one of my favourite tools for exploring the number-universe — Wolfram research’s Mathematica.
Please check the image below, & let me know how you liked it!
If you liked this article & it made you even a tad-bit inspired to think anew or go boldly in the direction of your intuition, please do let me know — would love to hear it!
Carpe Diem — seize your day, in your own way! :-)
With Lots of Love & Best Wishes,
The boy in “rags”,
Planet (H)eart(h)
“Life…is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
:- Helen Keller
