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Greek Mathematics to the Time of Euclid
In Sean D. Kirkland & Eric Sanday (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. pp. 686–718 (2018)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Euclid's Elements First Principles Aspects of Euclid's Plane Geometry Proportionality Greek Arithmetic and its History On the History of Greek Geometry Conclusion Bibliography.
Greek mathematics, at the time of Euclid Euclid's Elements, formal style, gradual evolution Aristotle and Plato on first principles Euclid's plane geometry The “Pythagorean” theorem proportion, role in Greek mathematics proportionality in Aristotle incommensurability, and magnitudes Hippocrates of Chios formal deduction and first principles, “clearly perceived” truths
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