Summary
Ancient Egyptians and Greeks (up to Euclid) saw in plane geometry much more than land-surveying. For the Greeks, Gaia or Ge (from which our word “geometry” derives) was a universe rather than a planet. Man was the measure of the cosmos and geometry was the expression of this faculty, the discipline through which one studied the unity of cosmic necessity and human thought. For this reason tradition has it that Plato inscribed on the gates of his Academy: “Only geometers enter…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892811168 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0892811161 |
| Author: | André VandenBroeck |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 1987 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 216mm x 279mm |
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André VandenBroeck
André Vandenbroeck has translated several works of Schwaller de Lubicz, and is the author of a memoir titled Al-Kemi: Hermetic, Occult, Political, and Private Aspects of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz.
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