
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 |
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Central Library | QA31 .P7413 1992 | Adult Non-Fiction | Central Closed Stacks | Searching... |
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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 |