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Quotes from A History of Greek Mathematics — Thomas Little Heath

1861–1940 England

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Greek mathematics reveals an important aspect of the Greek genius of which the student of Greek culture is apt to lose sight.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

If one would understand the Greek genius fully, it would be a good plan to begin with their geometry.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

Aristotle would... by no means admit that mathematics was divorced from aesthetic; he could conceive, he said, of nothing more beautiful than the objects of mathematics.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

It is... the author's confident hope that this book will give a fresh interest to the story of Greek mathematics in the eyes both of mathematicians and of classical scholars.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

For the mathematician the important consideration is that the foundations of mathematics and a great portion of its content are Greek. The Greeks laid down the first principles, invented the methods ab initio, and fixed the terminology. Mathematics in short is a Greek science, whatever new developments modern analysis has brought or may bring.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas Little Heath (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.