Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements

by Proclus, Glenn R. Morrow (Translator)

Overview

The description for this book, Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, will be forthcoming.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691020907
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	11/08/1992
Series:	Princeton Paperbacks Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	406
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword to the 1992 Edition	ix
	Preface	xxxiii
	Abbreviations	xxxvi
	Introduction	xxxix
	Proclus: His Life and Writings	xxxix
	Euclid and the Elements	xlv
	Proclus as a Commentator on Euclid	xlviii
	Proclus' Philosophy of Mathematics	lvi
	Translator's Note	lxviii
	The Commentary
	Prologue: Part One	3
	Prologue: Part Two	39
	Definitions	70
	Postulates and Axioms	140
	Propositions: Part One	156
	Propositions: Part Two	276
	Supplementary Note	344
	Index	347