Great Books of the Western World, 2nd ed. See also Mortimer Adler's statement on how the Great Books of the Western World were chosen . Who wrote this list? See the heading above and the credit below to find out who wrote this list. If you don't like the selections in this list or the arrangement, take it up with the author(s). Namas Te. Euclid's Elements, Introduction. Euclid’s Elements form one of the most beautiful and influential works of science in the history of humankind.
Its beauty lies in its logical development of geometry and other branches of mathematics. It has influenced all branches of science but none so much as mathematics and the exact sciences. The Elements have been studied 24 centuries in many languages starting, of course, in the original Greek, then in Arabic, Latin, and many modern languages. I'm creating this version of Euclid’s Elements for a couple of reasons.
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