...language of Sir Henry Savile, in concluding a course of lectures on Euclid, delivered at Oxford 4 . " By the grace of God, gentlemen hearers, I have performed...commentator; for undoubtedly, in many instances, a comment on a received author has been made the vehicle of conveying systems and doctrines entirely...

...gratiam, Domini auditores, promissum ; liberavi fidem meam ; explicavi pro meo modulo, definitiones, " By the grace of God, gentlemen hearers, I have performed...commentator ; for undoubtedly, in many instances, a comment on a received author has been made the vehicle of conveying systems and doctrines entirely...

...the language of Sir Henry Savile, in concluding a course of lectures on Euclid, delivered at Oxford4. "By the grace of God, gentlemen hearers, I have performed...Platonists wrote, taking Plato for their text. The labours of learned men in the stationary period, which came under this description, belong to another...

...my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and Jirst eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid. Here,...Platonists wrote, taking Plato for their text. The labours of learned men in the stationary period, which came under this description, belong to another...

...sentences which form the conclusion of a lecture — one of a course upon Euclid, delivered at Oxford: ' Gentlemen hearers, I have performed my promise, I...sinking under the weight of years, I lay down my art and instruments.' As if all that could be known were attained, and that the occupation of the student were...

...Jibe- octo priores propositions Elemenravi fidem meam; explicavi pro torum Euclidis. Hie, annis fessus, to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms,...Platonists wrote, taking Plato for their text. The labours of learned men in the stationary period, which came under this description, belong to another...

...pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and first sight propositions of the Elements of Euclid. Here, sinking under the weight of years, I lay down iny art and my instruments." We here speak of the peculiar province of the Commentator; for undoubtedly,...

...language of Sir Henry Savile, in concluding a course of lectures on Euclid, delivered at Oxford.1 " By the grace of God, gentlemen hearers, I have performed...the author himself; as, for instance, when the New Flatonists wrote, taking Plato for their text. The labors of learned men in the stationary period,...

...my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments." 2 It must be remembered that at this time scholastic learning and polemical divinity held sway. Savile...

...redeemed my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....under the weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments."8 Need we marvel if sinking under the weight of logical and philological subtleties, the...