• 206). Plato, Theaetetus. Debra Nails, The People of Plato. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2002; pp. 275–278 A Discussion of Theaetetus' Contributions...
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  • Theaetetus (Θεαίτητος) is a Greek name which may refer to: Theaetetus (mathematician) (c. 417 BC – 369 BC), Greek geometer Theaetetus (dialogue), a dialogue...
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  • The Theaetetus (/ˌθiːɪˈtiːtəs/; Greek: Θεαίτητος Theaítētos, lat. Theaetetus) is a philosophical work written by Plato in the early-middle 4th century...
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    eastern edge of Mare Imbrium. It was named after the ancient Greek mathematician Theaetetus. It lies just to the west of the Montes Caucasus range, which forms...
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  • Serenus of Antinouplis Simplicius of Cilicia Sporus of Nicaea Thales Theaetetus Theano Theodorus of Cyrene Theodosius of Bithynia Theon of Alexandria...
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  • Theodorus of Cyrene (category Ancient Greek mathematicians)
    an ancient Greek mathematician. The only first-hand accounts of him that survive are in three of Plato's dialogues: the Theaetetus, the Sophist, and...
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  • Representation The World of Null-A Theaetetus (dialogue) Theagenes of Patras Theages Theano (philosopher) Theaetetus (mathematician) Theatre of the Absurd Theia...
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    mechanics. Other mathematicians active in this period, not fully affiliated with any school, include Hippocrates of Chios (c. 470–410 BC), Theaetetus (c. 417–369...
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    Euclid (category 3rd-century BC mathematicians)
    of theories from earlier Greek mathematicians, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Hippocrates of Chios, Thales and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius...
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    and the identity of the morning and evening stars as the planet Venus. Theaetetus (c. 417 – c. 369 BC) Proved that there are exactly five regular convex...
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  • Thasus Thaumacus (mythology) Thaumas The Affecter Theaetetus (dialogue) Theaetetus (mathematician) Theagenes of Megara Theagenes of Patras Theagenes...
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    Greek mathematicians. Greek mathematics – Mathematics of Ancient Greeks List of Greek mathematicians Timeline of ancient Greek mathematicians Timeline...
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    Hippasus (category Ancient Greek mathematicians)
    of 2 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {2}}} , the square root of 2. Plato in his Theaetetus, describes how Theodorus of Cyrene (c. 400 BC) proved the irrationality...
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  • his birth less than two decades prior. In the Theaetetus, his character is a student of the mathematician Theodorus of Cyrene and interested in algebraic...
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  • re-conceptualized the relation between Theaetetus, the mathematician, and Plato. Sachs proved with her dissertation that Theaetetus, son of Euphronius from Sounion...
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    Thales of Miletus (category 6th-century BC mathematicians)
     2–17. Theaetetus (174 A) D.L. II.4–5 Powell, Jim (1 March 1995). "Brilliant but Absent-Minded Adam Smith | Jim Powell". fee.org. Theaetetus 174a O'Connor...
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    List of geometers (category Lists of mathematicians by field)
    Elements (geometry textbook) Mozi (c. 468 BC – c. 391 BC) Plato (427–347 BC) Theaetetus (c. 417 BC – 369 BC) Autolycus of Pitane (360–c. 290 BC) – astronomy,...
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  • Hippasus Hippias Hippocrates Leon Menaechmus Oenopides Philolaus Philon Theaetetus Theodorus Thymaridas Xenocrates Zeno of Elea Apollonius Archimedes Aristarchus...
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  • after Plato's Theaetetus in an unspecified gymnasium in Athens. The participants are Socrates, who plays a minor role, the elder mathematician Theodorus,...
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  • Chinese Taoist philosopher Amyntas III, king of Macedonia Theaetetus, Athenian mathematician (b. c. 417 BC) Zhou Lie Wang, king of the Zhou dynasty Errington...
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  • courtesan Thales – philosopher Thallus – historian/chronographer Theaetetus of Athens – mathematician Theagenes of Megara – tyrant Theagenes of Rhegium – writer...
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    meeting between Socrates and Parmenides is mentioned in the dialogues Theaetetus (183e) and Sophist (217c) only indicates that it is referring to the same...
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    theory have come to mean.) It is through one of Plato's dialogues—namely, Theaetetus—that it is known that Theodorus had proven that 3 , 5 , … , 17 {\displaystyle...
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  • of the octahedron and icosahedron belong to Theaetetus, a contemporary of Plato. In any case, Theaetetus gave a mathematical description of all five and...
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    first known proofs of theorems in geometry. Eudoxus (408–355 BCE) and Theaetetus (417–369 BCE) formulated theorems but did not prove them. Aristotle (384–322...
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    the Elements, collecting many of Eudoxus' theorems, perfecting many of Theaetetus', and also bringing to irrefragable demonstration the things which were...
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  • Becker found stated in Aristotle's Topics, and which Becker attributes to Theaetetus. Becker also showed how a constructive logic that denied unrestricted...
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    Another evidence of their early use is a commentary by Pappus. It was [...] Theaetetus who distinguished the powers which are commensurable in length from those...
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    faces meet at a vertex. This set of polyhedrons is named after Plato. In Theaetetus, a dialogue of Plato, Plato hypothesized that the classical elements were...
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    from ancient Greek mathematicians. The five Platonic solids were known to them. Pythagoras knew of at least three of them and Theaetetus (c. 417 BC – 369...
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