内容简介
Volume2of3-volumesetcontainingcompleteEnglishtextofall13booksoftheElementspluscriticalanalysisofeachdefinition,postulate,andproposition.Coverstextualandlinguisticmatters;mathematicalanalysesofEuclid'sideas;classical,medieval,Renaissanceandmoderncommentators;refutations,supports,extrapolations,reinterpretationsandhistoricalnotes.Vol.2includesBooksIII-IX:Circles,relationships,rectilinealfigures.