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0 pointsmasklinn2y ago0 comments

Interestingly in Elements that is a line: a line was defined only by having no breadth (= being 1-dimensional). What is now generally called a line would have to be qualified as straight.

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ndsipa_pomu2y ago

Does that mean that a point is also a line as a point has no breadth

masklinnOP2y ago

No because a line does have a length. In Elements a point is dimension-less.

ndsipa_pomu2y ago

Okay, so "a line was defined only by having no breadth" should be "a line was defined only by having length and no breadth"

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ndsipa_pomu2y ago

Does that mean that a point is also a line as a point has no breadth

masklinnOP2y ago

No because a line does have a length. In Elements a point is dimension-less.

ndsipa_pomu2y ago

Okay, so "a line was defined only by having no breadth" should be "a line was defined only by having length and no breadth"

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse