scholarly journals The Theorems as far as Proposition 32, of the first book of Euclid's Elements, proved from First Principles

Author(s):  
David Traill
Phronesis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Gregory MacIsaac

Abstract In his commentary on Euclid, Proclus says both that the first principle of geometry are self-evident and that they are hypotheses received from the single, highest, unhypothetical science, which is probably dialectic. The implication of this seems to be that a geometer both does and does not know geometrical truths. This dilemma only exists if we assume that Proclus follows Aristotle in his understanding of these terms. This paper shows that this is not the case, and explains what Proclus himself means by definition, hypothesis, axiom, postulate, and the self-evident, and how geometry is a science that receives its principles from dialectic.


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C.J. ADAM ◽  
S.J. CLARK ◽  
M.R. WILSON ◽  
G.J. ACKLAND ◽  
J. CRAIN

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Author(s):  
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Author(s):  
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Author(s):  
P. E. Van Camp ◽  
V. E. Van Doren ◽  
J. T. Devreese

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Min-Wook Oh ◽  
Tae-Gu Kang ◽  
Byungki Ryu ◽  
Ji Eun Lee ◽  
Sung-Jae Joo ◽  
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