164: Euclid and his "Elements"

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

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🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Euclid's "Elements" was the math text for over a thousand years. We all try to do a proof, and we end up with something looking like an Eiffel Tower.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Classical Stuff You Should Know, a podcast about the classical world, ancient books, ancient texts, classical education.
0:19.0	There's like medieval things in here. I don't know.
0:21.1	Sometimes we talk about movies.
0:23.2	And, you know, we're just, it's a podcast.
0:26.2	I mean, come on now.
0:27.0	You know what you're doing.
0:28.7	My name is Graham Donaldson, and I am joined by my two contemporaries.
0:36.2	compatriots?
0:37.5	Both?
0:38.0	Colleagues.
0:38.4	What does it matter?
0:40.0	Arthur Yon Hanberg.
0:41.2	That's me.
0:41.8	And Thomas Fletcher Magby.
0:43.3	Hello.
0:44.6	Tommy Fletch.
0:45.6	Nope, that's not it.
0:47.5	And today, I have homework, apparently.
0:51.1	Yes.
0:51.4	You gave me something to look at.
0:53.0	I have a piece of blue paper with a triangle on it.
0:56.0	So I guess we're talking about the Illuminati or something.
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