Astronomers Quote by Aristophanes
“Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .”
“Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .”
![“Kepler followed Proclus and believed that 'the main goal of Euclid was to build a geometric theory of the so-called Platonic solids.' Kepler was fascinated by Proclus and often quotes him calling him a 'Pythagorean'. [History of Mathematics]” quote by C. Smoryński](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/68c/c-smory-ski-172317_euclid_kepler-followed-proclus-and-believed-tha_2944745.jpg)
![“[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.” quote by Evan Esar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f3a/evan-esar-1689_angle_a-mathematician-is-a-scientist-who-can-f_2957128.jpg)
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![“[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.” quote by Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d43/aristophanes-3340_allies_y-ou-man-are-fool-enough-it-seems-to-dar_185861.jpg)
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