The Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Books II-IV of Euclid's Elements of Geometry
The Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Books II-IV of Euclid's Elements of Geometry (Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition) by Anthony Lo Bello
English | April 30, 2009 | ISBN: 9004173897 | 218 pages | PDF | 3.22 Mb
English | April 30, 2009 | ISBN: 9004173897 | 218 pages | PDF | 3.22 Mb
"The Commentary of al-Nayrizi (circa 920) on Euclid's Elements of Geometry" occupies an important place both in the history of mathematics and of philosophy, particularly Islamic philosophy. It is a compilation of original work by al-Nayrizi and of translations and commentaries made by others, such as Heron. It is the most influential Arabic mathematical manuscript in existence and a principle vehicle whereby mathematics was reborn in the Latin West. Furthermore, the Commentary on Euclid by the Platonic philosopher Simplicius, entirely reproduced by al-Nayrizi, and nowhere else extant, is essential to the study of the attempt to prove Euclid's Fifth Postulate from the preceding four. "Al-Nayrizi" was one of the two main sources from which Albertus Magnus (1193-1280), the Doctor Universalis, learned mathematics. This work presents an annotated English translation of Books II-IV and of a hitherto lost portion of Book I.
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