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On the need to rewrite the history of Greek mathematics
pp. 385-431
Résumé
...the past has meaning only in terms of the present. The impartial recovery of the past, uncontaminated by the influence of the present, is held up as a professional ideal, and a criterion of technical competence is the degree to which this ideal is reached. This ideal is, I believe, impossible of attainment, and cannot even be formulated without involvement with meaningless verbalisms.5
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Christianidis Jean (2004) Classics in the history of Greek mathematics. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 385-431
Citation complète:
Unguru Sabetai, 2004, On the need to rewrite the history of Greek mathematics. In J. Christianidis (ed.) Classics in the history of Greek mathematics (385-431). Dordrecht, Springer.