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[[Euclid's Elements]]. This theory had become available only a century before,

...tism.<ref name="Farndon">Farndon, John et al. ''The Great Scientists: From Euclid to Stephen Hawking'', Metro Books, New York (2007) pp. 82 </ref> Faraday ne ...ame="Farndon" /> --><ref>Farndon, John et al. ''The Great Scientists: From Euclid to Stephen Hawking'', pp. 82 </ref>

A story (also told of Euclid) shows both a harsh and dogmatic Plato , but also an idealistic one. The s

== Euclid == As it happens I'm rereading Euclid, so I'll add things as I go along. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 11:

..., contradicting contemporary beliefs, including those of [[Ptolemy]] and [[Euclid]]. The way in which Alhazen combined observations and rational arguments ha

# [[Euclid|Euclid]]

# [[Euclid]]

...ho was himself also an Athenian<ref>Not the familiar mathematician named [[Euclid]].</ref> and Nicorrates of Samos and even the kings of [[Pergamum|Pergamos]

...relation to logic and philosophy goes back to the ancient Greeks such as [[Euclid]], [[Plato]], and [[Aristotle]]. Many other ancient and medieval philosoph

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...generality]] are valued. There is beauty also in a clever proof, such as [[Euclid]]'s proof that there are infinitely many [[prime number]]s, and in a numeri

...wer of axiomatic [[deductive reasoning]] from the book of [[Euclid]]'s ''[[Euclid's Elements|Elements]]'', which he called the "holy little geometry book" <r

...] in Egypt (North-East Africa), where many notable early scientists like [[Euclid]] and [[Heron of Alexandria]] came to study. The [[Greeks]] also practiced

...tism.<ref name="Farndon">Farndon, John et al. ''The Great Scientists: From Euclid to Stephen Hawking'', Metro Books, New York (2007) pg. 82 </ref> Faraday ne

...these; (3) (probably most hard) the same about the role of Apollonius and Euclid; I have very slight idea where to look.