Euclid, His Life and SystemCharles Scribner's sons, 1902 - 227 σελίδες |
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... Alexandria quotes Didymus as relating , in his work On the Pythagorean Philosophy , that this " Theano of Crotona was the first woman who cultivated philosophy and composed poems . " Other writers speak of her as author of many books ...
... Alexandria quotes Didymus as relating , in his work On the Pythagorean Philosophy , that this " Theano of Crotona was the first woman who cultivated philosophy and composed poems . " Other writers speak of her as author of many books ...
Σελίδα 45
... Alexandria . Built on one of the finest maritime sites in the world , it soon became a most noted seaport , so that in old times it was regarded as the great granary of Rome . It has been the scene of most eventful contests in ancient ...
... Alexandria . Built on one of the finest maritime sites in the world , it soon became a most noted seaport , so that in old times it was regarded as the great granary of Rome . It has been the scene of most eventful contests in ancient ...
Σελίδα 46
... in contact with them were naturally assimilated to theirs ; and so , though Egypt did not in any sense become a Grecian land , Alexandria soon became virtually a Grecian city . When Ptolemy was fairly settled on his throne , he 46 EUCLID.
... in contact with them were naturally assimilated to theirs ; and so , though Egypt did not in any sense become a Grecian land , Alexandria soon became virtually a Grecian city . When Ptolemy was fairly settled on his throne , he 46 EUCLID.
Σελίδα 47
... Alexandria . At this time he was about thirty years old , and he occu- pied the position to which he was now called for twenty - five years , until his death in 275 B.C. There seems to be no possibility of learning anything as to the ...
... Alexandria . At this time he was about thirty years old , and he occu- pied the position to which he was now called for twenty - five years , until his death in 275 B.C. There seems to be no possibility of learning anything as to the ...
Σελίδα 49
... Alexandria , while his Elements grew out of his teach- ing there . It may be noticed that this conjecture fits in with a suspicion of De Morgan founded on quite different grounds . " We could suspect , " he 4 EUCLID'S WORKS 49 If we ...
... Alexandria , while his Elements grew out of his teach- ing there . It may be noticed that this conjecture fits in with a suspicion of De Morgan founded on quite different grounds . " We could suspect , " he 4 EUCLID'S WORKS 49 If we ...
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Σελίδα 142 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth Is from the end of the heaven and his circuit unto the ends of It: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Σελίδα 174 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Σελίδα 133 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Σελίδα 133 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Σελίδα 183 - Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
Σελίδα 50 - A mule and a donkey were going to market laden with wheat. The mule said 'If you gave me one measure I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one we should bear equal burdens.
Σελίδα 107 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Σελίδα 179 - And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other : it was round all about, and his height was five cubits : and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
Σελίδα 44 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.