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[Strasbourg, Éditions P.H. Heitz, 1948]. Reprint Naarden, Anton W. van Bekhoven, 1969]. XXVIII, 429 pp. 25 b./w. figs. Orig. hardcover (orange-brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine). 8vo. - Cover & edges (partlt) seriously discol. - Unused item with strap, slight smoke damage? Does not smell of smoke!Unchanged reprint of the Strasbourg edition 1948. - In this important French-language study, Charles Mugler argues that Plato was not merely an amateur mathematician, but a true "advisor" and driving force for the scholars of his time in the early 4th century BC. Mugler posits that the impetus for the exact sciences during this period was partly due to Plato's influence within the Academy. The author demonstrates that Plato strived to liberate mathematical language from the "sensory limitations" of early geometers, thereby paving the way for abstraction. The book examines how mathematics forms the basis for Platonic dialectics in its pursuit of absolute truth and immutable Forms. Mugler argues that the works of Euclid and Pappus address questions raised by Plato, making his role indispensable for understanding the history of Greek mathematics.…

[Strasbourg, Éditions P.H. Heitz, 1948]. Reprint Naarden, Anton W. van Bekhoven, 1969]. XXVIII, 429 pp. 25 b./w. figs. Orig. hardcover (orange-brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine). 8vo. - Spine & edges with some soiling.Unchanged reprint of the Strasbourg edition 1948. - In this important French-language study, Charles Mugler argues that Plato was not merely an amateur mathematician, but a true "advisor" and driving force for the scholars of his time in the early 4th century BC. Mugler posits that the impetus for the exact sciences during this period was partly due to Plato's influence within the Academy. The author demonstrates that Plato strived to liberate mathematical language from the "sensory limitations" of early geometers, thereby paving the way for abstraction. The book examines how mathematics forms the basis for Platonic dialectics in its pursuit of absolute truth and immutable Forms. Mugler argues that the works of Euclid and Pappus address questions raised by Plato, making his role indispensable for understanding the history of Greek mathematics.…

[Strasbourg, Éditions P.H. Heitz, 1948]. Reprint Naarden, Anton W. van Bekhoven, 1969]. XXVIII, 429 pp. 25 b./w. figs. Orig. hardcover (orange-brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine). 8vo. Unchanged reprint of the Strasbourg edition 1948. - In this important French-language study, Charles Mugler argues that Plato was not merely an amateur mathematician, but a true "advisor" and driving force for the scholars of his time in the early 4th century BC. Mugler posits that the impetus for the exact sciences during this period was partly due to Plato's influence within the Academy. The author demonstrates that Plato strived to liberate mathematical language from the "sensory limitations" of early geometers, thereby paving the way for abstraction. The book examines how mathematics forms the basis for Platonic dialectics in its pursuit of absolute truth and immutable Forms. Mugler argues that the works of Euclid and Pappus address questions raised by Plato, making his role indispensable for understanding the history of Greek mathematics.…