The greatest of the parts is called the antecedent, and the less the consequent.
Father of geometry
Implied from definitions of ratio, not a direct quote.
c. 300 BCE
Found in 1 providers: grok
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"The square on the side subtending the right angle in right-angled triangles is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle."
Shocking"If a straight line be cut into two equal parts and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts together with the square on the line between the points of section is equal…"
Strange & Unusual"A circle is a plane figure contained by one line such that all the straight lines falling upon it from one point among those lying within the figure are equal to one another."
Strange & Unusual"A diameter of the circle is any straight line drawn through the center and terminated in both directions by the circumference of the circle, and such a straight line also bisects the circle."
Strange & Unusual"Trilateral figures are those contained by three straight lines, quadrilateral those contained by four, and multilateral those contained by more than four straight lines."
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