Two traces of two-step Eudoxan proportion theory in Aristotle: a tale of definitions in Aristotle, with a moral (Q860123)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5117881
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5117881 |
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Two traces of two-step Eudoxan proportion theory in Aristotle: a tale of definitions in Aristotle, with a moral (English)
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23 January 2007
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The author argues that Aristotle's treatment of the notion of `faster' in his Physics and his argument that infinite bodies cannot have finite weight in De Caelo lend support to Wilbur Knorr's thesis that the Euclidean theory of proportions was preceded by a `two-step' Eudoxian theory of proportions.
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proportion theory
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Aristotle
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Eudoxus
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