Abstract
This is an exploration of some of the paradoxes known to exist at the foundations of Western physics and mathematics - viewed from a viewpoint outside of those disciplines. My excuse for this impertinence is that an edifice's foundations are no more visible to its occupants than to an outsider. My own perspective is of someone whose entire professional life has revolved around the enchantment of representations. As a professional necessity I have had to respect the power of that enchantment.
John Philip Clive