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It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.
In J. P. Eckermann, Conversations with Goethe.
Loci: Convergence
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Mathematical Treasures
Boethius's Liber Circuli
Illustration from the 1503 edition of Boethius’s Liber Circuli. Folio 86 discusses the quadrature of a circle.