The Origin of Mathematics 1: The Testimony of Eudemus

Benno Artmann

Chapter Chapter 3 in Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics, 1999, pp 11-16 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Our most important source about the history of Greek mathematics before Euclid originates from Eudemus of Rhodes, a student of Aristotle, who lived from about 350 to 300 b.c.e. He wrote a book on the history of mathematics, which has, however, been lost except for a few passages quoted by other authors. The following one was preserved in Proclus’s Commentary on Euclid. Proclus (410-485 c.e.) is writing about the origin and development of geometry, and the Eudemus passage starts with the second paragraph:

Keywords: Liberal Education; Greek Mathemat; Ancient Writer; Greek Source; Land Measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1412-0_3

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