Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 1

• VOLUME I.INTRODUCTION.FACSIMILE OF A PAGE OF THE BODLEIAN MS. OF THE ELEMENTS. Frontispiece I. EUCLID AND THE TRADITIONS ABOUT HIM II. EUCLID'S OTHER WORKSIII. GREEK COMMENTATORS OTHER THAN PROCLUS IV. PROCLUS AND HIS SOURCES V. THE TEXT VI. THE SCHOLIA VII. EUCLID IN ARABIAVIII. PRINCIPAL TRANSLATIONS AND EDITIONSIX.1. ON THE NATURE OF ELEMENTS 2. ELEMENTS ANTERIOR TO EUCLID'S3. "FIRST PRINCIPLES: DEFINITIONS, POSTULATES AND AXIOMS"4. THEOREMS AND PROBLEMS5. THE FORMAL DIVISIONS OF A PROPOSITION 6. OTHER TECHNICAL TERMS7. THE DEFINITIONSTHE ELEMENTS. "BOOK I. DEFINITIONS, POSTULATES, COMMON NOTIONS"NOTES ON DEFINITIONS ETCPROPOSITIONSBOOK II. DEFINITIONSNOTE ON GEOMETRICAL ALGEBRA PROPOSITIONSEXCURSUS I. PYTHAGORAS AND THE PYTHAGOREANS EXCURSUS II. POPULAR NAMES FOR EUCLIDEAN PROPOSITIONSGREEK INDEX TO VOL. I. ENGLISH INDEX TO VOL. 1.

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