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Euclid
7 quotes
“Ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι.”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Ευκλείδης (el)
“ὅπερ ἔδει ποιῆσαι.”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Ευκλείδης (el)
“Καὶ τὸ ὅλον τοῦ μέρους μεῖζον [ἐστιν].”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Πρῶτος ἀριθμός ἐστιν ὁ μονάδι μόνῃ μετρούμενος.”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“μὴ εἶναι βασιλικὴν ἀτραπὸν ἐπί γεωμετρίαν.”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Non est regia [inquit Euclides] ad Geometriam via.”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Greek is from Proclus (412–485 AD) in his Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, the Latin translation is by Francesco Barozzi (1560), the English translation follows Glenn R. Morrow (1970), p. 57.
“Δός αὐτῷ τριώβολον, ἐπειδὴ δεῖ αὐτῷ ἐξ ὧν μανθάνει κερδαίνειν.”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The English translation is from The History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921), p. 357. The quote is recorded by Stobaeus, Florilegium, iv, 114 (ed. Teubner, 1856, p. 205; see also here). Stobaeus attrib…
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