Trust math in the locker room — "The axiom. The lemma. Listen: “If…"
‘The axiom. The lemma. Listen: “If two different sets of parametric equations represent the same curve J, but the curve is traced in opposite directions in the two cases, then the two sets of equations produce values for a line integral over J that are negatives of each other.” Not “If thus-and-such.” Not “unless a gladhanding commercial realtor from Boardman MN in $400 Banfi loafers changes his mind.” Always and ever. As in puts the a in a priori. An honest lamp in the inkiest black, Toddleposter.’
Context
The doctrine demonstrated: an actual line-integral axiom recited whole, opposed clause by clause to the welching realtor Dad. The abstract holds "[a]lways and ever" precisely because no one in the territory — no father, no market — can restructure it; the a priori as the only deal that can't be renegotiated.