SOURCE: "What Euclid Meant: On the Use of Evidence in Studying Ancient Mathematics," in Science and Philosophy in Classical Greece, translated by Alan C. Bowen, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1991, pp. 119-63.
In the following essay, Knorr explores, through Elements, the role of authorial meaning in critical analysis and argues that mathematical historians often make the mistake of reading ancient texts in "the context of modern notions. "
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