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I. The Historical Significance of the Idea of Geometrical Analysis.- II. Pappus on the Direction of Analysis and Synthesis.- III. What Pappus Says and What He Does: A Comparison and an Example.- IV. Analysis as Analysis of Figures: The Logic of the Analytical Method.- V. The Role of Auxiliary Constructions.- VI. The Problem of the 'Resolution'.- VII. Analysis as Analysis of Figures: Pappus' Terminology and His Practice.- VIII. Pappus and the Tradition of Geometrical Analysis.- IX. On the Significance of the Method of Analysis in Early Modern Science.- Appendix I Árpád K. Szabò/Working Backwards and Proving by Synthesis.- Appendix II Reply to Professor Szabò.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.- Index of Passages.
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