 He was 40 yeares old before he looked on Geometry ; which happened accidentally. Being in a Gentleman's Library, Euclid's Elements lay open, and 'twas the 47 El. libri i. He read the Proposition. By G — , sayd he (he would now and then sweare an emphaticall...  Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society - Seite 50von Aristotelian Society (Great Britain) - 1891Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1887 - 610 Seiten
...demonstration in 1689, the story of which, as told by Aubrey,* is too characteristic to be omitted. ' He was forty years old ' before he looked on geometry,...accidentally ; ' being in a gentleman's library in , Euclid's "Ele' ments " lay open, and it was the forty-seventh proposition, ' Lib. T. So he reads... | |
 | George Croom Robertson - 1886 - 264 Seiten
...' of Euclid : such is his own simple confession.1 Aubrey is equally naive, and more particular : 2 "He was forty years old before he looked on geometry,...happened accidentally : being in a gentleman's library in , Euclid's ' Elements ' lay open, and it was the 47th Prop. Lib. I. So he reads the proposition. 'By... | |
 | William Leonard Courtney - 1888 - 312 Seiten
...Corpore,' Part II. in 1629, the story of which, as told by Aubrey,* is too characteristic to be omitted. "He was forty years old before he looked on geometry,...happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library in , Euclid's ' Elements ' lay open, and it was the forty-seventh proposition, Lib. i. So he reads the... | |
 | 1894 - 858 Seiten
...till he was near middle age. The story is best told in Aubrey's own words : — " He was forty yeares old before he looked on geometry, which happened accidentally ; being in a gentleman's library in [name left blank] Euclid's 'Elements' lay open, and it was the 47 Prop. Lib. I. So he reads the proposition.... | |
 | John Aubrey, Andrew Clark - 1898 - 454 Seiten
...about Ben: Jonson, Mr. Ayton, etc. (His mathematical studies.) ** He was (vide his life) 40 yeares f old before he looked on geometry ; which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library in . . . , Euclid's Elements lay open, and 'twas the 47 El.« libri I. He read the proposition. t He would... | |
 | John Aubrey, Andrew Clark - 1898 - 456 Seiten
...about Ben: Jonson, Mr. Ayton, etc. (His mathematical studies.) ** He was (vide his life) 40 yeares f old before he looked on geometry ; which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library in . . . , Euclid's Elements lay open, and 'twas the 47 El.8 libri I. He read the proposition. t He would... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1911 - 578 Seiten
...story, which throws light both on his early education and on the controversies of his later years. He was forty years old before he looked on geometry,...happened accidentally ; being in a gentleman's library in ... Euclid's Elements lay open, and it was the 47 prop. lib. I. So he reads the proposition, ' By G—... | |
 | Lawrence Pearsall Jacks - 1912 - 388 Seiten
...interesting thing ! 1 Go on, there's a good chap." " All in good time, my boy ; and good 1 " He [Hobbes] was forty years old before he looked on Geometry,...happened accidentally ; being in a gentleman's library in , Euclid's Elements lay open, and it was the 47th Prop. Lib. I. So he reads the proposition. ' By G... | |
 | Lawrence Pearsall Jacks - 1917 - 250 Seiten
...country. You go and earn some money, and then we'll begin your education. In twelve i 1 "He [Hobbes] was forty years old before he looked on Geometry,...happened accidentally; being in a gentleman's library in , Euclid's Elements lay open, and it was the 47th Prob. Lib. I. So he reads the proposition. ' By G... | |
 | William Ritchie Sorley - 1920 - 418 Seiten
...iv, pp. 436-7; vol. vn, p. 117. a. EP early education and on the controversies of his later years. "He was forty years old before he looked on geometry,...happened accidentally; being in a gentleman's library in ... Euclid's Elements lay open, and it was the 47 prop. lib. i. So he reads the proposition, 'By G... | |
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