The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Books 1 and 2

Publisher:

Dover Publications

Publication Date:

1956

Number of Pages:

463

Format:

Paperback

Edition:

2

Price:

14.95

ISBN:

0486600882

Category:

Sourcebook

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INTRODUCTION.
		FACSIMILE OF A PAGE OF THE BODLEIAN MS. OF THE ELEMENTS. Frontispiece
		I.	EUCLID AND THE TRADITIONS ABOUT HIM
		II.	EUCLID'S OTHER WORKS
		III.	GREEK COMMENTATORS OTHER THAN PROCLUS
		IV.	PROCLUS AND HIS SOURCES
		V.	THE TEXT
		VI.	THE SCHOLIA
		VII.	EUCLID IN ARABIA
		VIII.	PRINCIPAL TRANSLATIONS AND EDITIONS
		IX.
			1.	ON THE NATURE OF ELEMENTS
			2.	ELEMENTS ANTERIOR TO EUCLID'S
			3.	"FIRST PRINCIPLES: DEFINITIONS, POSTULATES AND AXIOMS"
			4.	THEOREMS AND PROBLEMS
			5.	THE FORMAL DIVISIONS OF A PROPOSITION
			6.	OTHER TECHNICAL TERMS
			7.	THE DEFINITIONS
	THE ELEMENTS.
		"BOOK I. DEFINITIONS, POSTULATES, COMMON NOTIONS"
			NOTES ON DEFINITIONS ETC
			PROPOSITIONS
		BOOK II. DEFINITIONS
			NOTE ON GEOMETRICAL ALGEBRA
			PROPOSITIONS
		EXCURSUS I. PYTHAGORAS AND THE PYTHAGOREANS
		EXCURSUS II. POPULAR NAMES FOR EUCLIDEAN PROPOSITIONS
		GREEK INDEX TO VOL. I.
		ENGLISH INDEX TO VOL. 1.