Elements

work by Hippocrates of Chios

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  • In Hippocrates of Chios

    Hippocrates’ Elements is known only through references made in the works of later commentators, especially the Greek philosophers Proclus (c. ad 410–485) and Simplicius of Cilicia (fl. c. ad 530). In his attempts to square the circle, Hippocrates was able to find the areas of certain…

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