Euclid
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Eucl. XIII · Euclid of Megara · Euclid's Book XIII
in the texts
De legendis gentilium libris
Philosopher of Megara cited as a model of meeting threats with gentleness.
Again, a man, provoked at Euclid of Megara, threatened him with death and swore it;
And the deed of Pericles or of Euclid is akin to enduring those who persecute us and bearing their wrath gently, and to praying good things for our enemies rather than calling down curses.
Elements
Author of the Elements, whose Book XIII on the regular solids is the subject of this commentary and of the propositions that follow.
201-2) that this proof depends on eight theorems, six of which appear in Euclid's Book XIII.
, and his work on the regular solids was soon followed by another, that of Aristaeus, an elder contemporary of Euclid, who also wrote an important book on Solid Loci, i.
The fact that Theaetetus wrote upon the regular solids agrees very well with the evidence which we possess of his contributions to the theory of irrationals, the connexion between which and the investigation of the regular solids is seen in Euclid's Book XIII.