SOURCE: "Did Euclid's Elements, Book I, Develop Geometry Axiomatically?," in Archive for History of Exact Sciences, Vol. 14, 1974/1975, pp. 263-95.
In the following essay, Seidenberg challenges the assumption that Euclid, in Elements, developed geometry on an axiomatic basis. Seidenberg argues that, by insisting on this assumption, the work is viewed "from a false perspective" and its accomplishments are thus displayed "in a bad light."
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