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Euclid, Elements I-XV (888 CE, oldest dated classical MS)

The Elements

Euclid, Elements I-XV (888 CE, oldest dated classical MS)

Greek

888

388 pages

Natural Philosophy Classical Philosophy Shwep Mathematics School Of Athens

Natural Philosophy & Science Classical Philosophy Mathematics & Sacred Number

About This Book

mathematics

Step into the mind of the 'father of geometry' and witness the birth of mathematical logic. From the elegance of the visual 'gnomon' to the revolutionary transformation of complex shapes into perfect squares, this manuscript reveals the timeless foundations of how we measure and perceive our world.

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415 terms

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Major Themes

Euclid164pgeometry138pElements120pτρίγωνον60pδιάμετρος49pτετράγωνον45pBook X40pλόγος36pγωνία36pκύκλος36pἀνάλογον35pπαραλληλόγραμμον34pβάσις29pσύμμετρος27pGreek manuscript26pκέντρον25pΕὐκλείδης25pἀσύμμετρος25pὀρθογώνιον23pἀποτομή23pεὐθεῖα22pδυνάμει22pῥητή22pἀριθμός19pὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι18pπεριφέρεια17pΣτοιχεῖα17pratios16pBook VII16pγεωμετρία15pπυραμίς15p

Ancient Greekp. 14, p. 71, p. 76, p. 89, p. 111, p. 244, p. 324, p. 339+1 more

Ancient Greek manuscriptp. 210, p. 240

Ancient Greek mathematicsp. 20, p. 269

anglep. 59, p. 100

apotomep. 207, p. 240, p. 244, p. 245, p. 254, p. 264, p. 267

apotome (ἀποτομή)p. 229, p. 238

application of areasp. 47, p. 239

Archimedesp. 59, p. 103, p. 124, p. 125, p. 291, p. 312, p. 313, p. 324+6 more

Aristotelian logicp. 8, p. 89

arithmeticp. 128, p. 131, p. 134, p. 135, p. 140, p. 146, p. 154, p. 163+3 more

Arithmeticap. 95, p. 139, p. 216

astronomyp. 51, p. 382

basep. 96, p. 304

Biblioteca Nazionale di Napolip. 89, p. 118

Bibliotheca Bodleianap. 1, p. 387

Bibliotheca Regiap. 281, p. 307

Bibliotheca Regia Monacensisp. 43, p. 104, p. 175, p. 183, p. 193, p. 231

binomialp. 215, p. 218, p. 219, p. 222, p. 223, p. 224, p. 235, p. 236+1 more

Bodleian Libraryp. 51, p. 159, p. 182

Book Ip. 12, p. 16, p. 22, p. 33

Book IIp. 41, p. 45, p. 118, p. 199, p. 221

Book IXp. 153, p. 154, p. 159, p. 165, p. 174, p. 176, p. 177, p. 178

Book Vp. 81, p. 86, p. 276

Book VIp. 47, p. 96, p. 106, p. 111, p. 113, p. 288

Book VIIIp. 137, p. 148, p. 162, p. 189

Book XIp. 275, p. 286, p. 289, p. 296, p. 298, p. 299, p. 310

Book XIIIp. 77, p. 338, p. 351, p. 365

Byzantine manuscriptp. 19, p. 81, p. 95, p. 182, p. 352

Byzantine minusculep. 7, p. 23, p. 177, p. 181

centerp. 50, p. 291

chordp. 64, p. 67, p. 70

circlep. 42, p. 50, p. 59, p. 64, p. 67, p. 69, p. 70, p. 71+4 more

circlesp. 22, p. 54

circumscribedp. 70, p. 71, p. 75, p. 76

commensurabilityp. 183, p. 191, p. 199, p. 255, p. 261, p. 264

commensurablep. 215, p. 218, p. 228, p. 240, p. 251, p. 267

commensurable (σύμμετρος)p. 207, p. 208, p. 229, p. 238

complementp. 44, p. 221

constructionp. 22, p. 296

cubep. 9, p. 216

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Related works (3)

The ElementsEuclidParallel lines, Euclid, Euclid, Gnomon, Gnomon The Elements of GeometryEuclid; ed. Johannes CampanusParallel lines, Parallel lines, Euclid, Gnomon, Gnomon Heronis Alexandrini Opera quae supersunt omnia Vol. 4 - Definitiones (Teubner 1912)Hero of Alexandria; Johann Ludwig Heiberg (ed.)Parallel lines, Euclid, Euclid, Euclid, Gnomon

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