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Euclid's clever solution to the problems of the void and the infinitesimal

Euclid's Definition 1 We normally think of a geometrical point as being smaller than anything, because of where Euclid placed it in the hierarchy of geometry. Building up from simple to more complex, his first definition is the simplest: "A point is that which has no part." Clearly, Euclid  […]

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