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Why Geometry?

17 February 202118 February 2021 ~ barefootwisdom ~ 1 Comment

The entrance to Plato’s Academy was, somewhat famously, marked by a sign reading “Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here.” What’s so special about the study of geometry, that makes a student ready to approach philosophy?

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