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The following speculations are based upon Freud's hypothesis that Eros is the basic force in the universe, binding together all things, and creating order out of the chaos caused by Thanatos.
Similar viewpoints are to be found in many philosophers, such as Whitehead, who conceives of “creativity” as a central metaphysical principle. If Love is the basic law governing all natural processes, it follows that the ultimate scientific insight would be an understanding of the workings of Eros.
The quest to formulate in equations the basic rationale of all natural movements has been the aim of mathematicians and logicians through the ages, since the time of Pythagoras. According to Freud's line of thought, the mathematician, in this quest, is really seeking to understand Eros. In psychoanalytic terms, we may say that mathematics is a function of the ego. It is a major intellectual instrument for assisting the organism's instincts in adjustment and fulfillment. As we know, higher mathematics and logic are necessary for the development of advanced technology and scientific insight. Increase in knowledge of logic hence means a strengthening of the ego. The ultimate goal of the mathematician or logician (the unification of all branches of man's knowledge under a small number of formulae) is equivalent to the complete understanding of Eros (the basic rationale of all natural processes), which would provide for a maximum actualization of the organism's instincts, under the perfectly rational guidance of the ego.
Mathematics has been regarded by a long line of thinkers,