...system. "It is certain," says Philip Kelland, "that from its completeness, uniformity and faultlcssness, from its arrangement and progressive character, and...completest and best line of argument, Euclid's Elements stand pre-eminently at the head of all human productions. In no science, in no department of knowledge,...

...is the most indivisible and unique thing which art can present. — DONNE, JOHN. Letters, SI. 1817. It is certain that from its completeness, uniformity...completest and best line of argument, Euclid's " Elements " stand preeminently at the head of all human productions. In no science, in no department of knowledge,...

...far si puote Triangol si, ch' un retto non avesse." Philip Kelland, Cambridge Senior Wrangler, says: "It is certain that from its completeness, uniformity...In no science, in no department of knowledge, has anything appeared like this work. For upward of two thousand years it has commanded the admiration...

...completeness, uniformity and faultlcssness, from its arrangement and progressive character, and from *kc universal adoption of the completest and best line...preeminently at the head of all human productions." It could be added— and was: The "For upward of two thousand years New Euclid it has commanded the...

...universal law, Euclid reduced all geometrical knowledge to system. "It is certain, " says Philip Kelland, "that from its completeness, uniformity and faultlessness,...completest and best line of argument, Euclid's Elements stand pre-eminently at the head of all human productions. In no science, in no department of knowledge,...