Title:
A commentary on the first book of Euclid's Elements
Author:
Proclus, approximately 410-485.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Eis prōton Eukleidou stoicheiōn biblon. English
Publication Information:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1992]
©1992
Physical Description:
lxix, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780691020907
Format :
Book
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Library | Call Number | Material Type | Home Location | Status | Item Holds |
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Summary
Summary
The description for this book, Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, will be forthcoming.
Author Notes
Glenn R. Morrow (1895-1976) was Professor of Classics at the University of Pennsylvania
Ian Mueller is Professor of Philosophy and the Conceptual Foundations of Science at the University of Chicago
Table of Contents
| Foreword to the 1992 Edition | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xxxiii |
| Abbreviations | p. xxxvi |
| Introduction | p. xxxix |
| Proclus: His Life and Writings | p. xxxix |
| Euclid and the Elements | p. xlv |
| Proclus as a Commentator on Euclid | p. xlviii |
| Proclus' Philosophy of Mathematics | p. lvi |
| Translator's Note | p. lxviii |
| The Commentary | |
| Prologue: Part One | p. 3 |
| Prologue: Part Two | p. 39 |
| Definitions | p. 70 |
| Postulates and Axioms | p. 140 |
| Propositions: Part One | p. 156 |
| Propositions: Part Two | p. 276 |
| Supplementary Note | p. 344 |
| Index | p. 347 |