Talk:M. H. J. Schoenmaekers

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[edit] Did this guy actually do mathematics?

I'm trying to find more stuff about this guy because as far as I can tell he didn't publish a damn thing on math. His book might qualify if it had a lot of quality mathematics in it, but as far as I know its purely aesthetic and philosophical. I'm not doubting that he had the qualifications, but if we can't verify that he was an actual working mathematician, I don't think that he qualifies as one for the wp category.

Does anyone know anything about this guy that we can put on this page? So far I've got

In 1915 and 1916, theosophist M. H. J. Schoenmaekers published “The New Image of the World” and “Principles of Plastic Mathematics.” [1]

Does anyone know where translations of his books can be found? Sometimes trendy philosophers play fast and loose with mathematics (Deleuze particularly comes to mind). I'm not accusing him of such, but maybe we had ought to be careful? —Preceding unsigned comment added by The waxwing slain (talk • contribs) 08:58, 22 November 2007 (UTC)