Download or read book A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements written by Proclus and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Proclus' penetrating exposition of Euclid's methods and principles, the only one of its kind extant, we are afforded a unique vantage point for understanding the structure and strength of the Euclidean system. A primary source for the history and philosophy of mathematics, Proclus' treatise contains much priceless information about the mathematics and mathematicians of the previous seven or eight centuries that has not been preserved elsewhere. This is virtually the only work surviving from antiquity that deals with what we today would call the philosophy of mathematics.