If a straight line be drawn from the ends of a straight line, it will be a triangle.
Father of geometry
If a straight line be drawn from the ends of a straight line, it will be a triangle.
Father of geometry
Paraphrased from implications within 'Elements', not a direct definition.
c. 300 BCE
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