Geometry has two great treasures: one is the Theorem of Phythagoras, the other the division of a line in extreme and mean ratio. The first we can compare to a mass of gold; the other we may call a precious jewel.

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Johannes Kepler. (2024, May 28). Wikiquote. Retrieved July 8, 2024 from https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Johannes_Kepler&oldid=3522464.

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And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: Matthew 5:1 KJV

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Karl Fink in Geschichte der Elementar-Mathematik (1890)

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