| Fifth Postulate: If a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on the side on which are the angles less than the two right angles. —Euclid (324 BCE - ····) "The Elements"— | |||
| Euclid, the greatest compiler of Greek Mathematics Egypt Mathematician; | 324 BCE Postulate; | ![]() ![]() | |
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