If a straight line be cut in extreme and mean ratio, the greater segment is also cut in extreme and mean ratio by the lesser segment.
Father of geometry
From 'Elements', Book XIII, Proposition 3 (related to the golden ratio)
c. 300 BCE
Found in 1 providers: grok
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