 | Plutarch - 1841 - 790 pages
...geometry. Nor had he gone so far, but at the pressing instances of king Hiero, who entreated him to torn his art from abstracted notions to matters of sense,...reasonings more intelligible to the generality of mankind, applying them to the uses of common life. The first that turned their thoughts to * IHtronymaa being... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1854 - 56 pages
...amusements of Geometry. Nor had he gone so far, but at the pressing instance of King Hiero, who entreated him to turn his art from abstracted notions to matters...mankind by applying them to the uses of common life." Thus, according to Plutarch's account, it is King Hiero, who deserves the credit of having originally... | |
 | John Langhorne, Plutarch - 1854 - 766 pages
...fur, but ut the pressing instances of king Hiero, who entreated him to turn his art from abslrpcjed notions to matters of sense, and to make his reasonings more intelligible to the generality of rimukind, applying them to the uses of common lite. Tue li.sl thai turned their thoughts to me.chtfitiijs,... | |
 | Plutarch - 1859 - 802 pages
...instances of king Hiero, who entreated him to turn his art from abstracted notions to matters of Bense, and to make his reasonings more intelligible to the generality of mankind, applying them to the uses of common life. The first that turned their thoughts to • ] Пггоптшч»... | |
 | Plutarch - 1860 - 718 pages
...amusements of geometry. Nor had he gone •o far, but at the pressing instances of king Hiero, who entreated him to turn his art from abstracted notions to matters of sense, and to make his rea•onitigs more intelligible to the generality of mankind, applying them to the uses of common life.... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 756 pages
...amusements of Geometry. Nor had he gone so far, but at the pressing instance of King Hiero, who entreated him to turn his art from abstracted notions to matters...mankind by applying them to the uses of common life." Thus, according to Plutarch's account, it is King Hiero who deserves the credit of having originally... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1876 - 216 pages
...amusements of Geometry. Nor -had he gone so far, but at the pressing instance of King Hicro, who entreated him to turn his art from abstracted notions to matters...mankind by applying them to the uses of common life." Thus, according to Plutarch's account, it is King Hiero who deserves the credit of having originally... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1881 - 786 pages
...geometry. Nor had he gone so far, but at the pressing instances of king Hiero, who entreated him to torn his art from abstracted notions to matters of sense,...reasonings more intelligible to the generality of mankind, applying them to the uses of common life. The first that turned their thoughts to tnn-hanics, a branch... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 466 pages
...have done so much but for the urgency of King Hiero, who entreated him to turn his art from abstract notions to matters of sense, and to make his reasonings...mankind by applying them to the uses of common life. When the Romans attacked Syracuse, both by sea and land, the people were struck dumb with terror, imagining... | |
 | Carl Snyder - 1903 - 410 pages
...amusements of geometry. Nor had he gone so far but at the pressing instance of King Hiero, who entreated him to turn his art from abstracted notions to matters of sense, and to make his reasonings more intelligent to the generality of mankind, applying them to the uses of common life. "The first that... | |
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... he did not think the inventing of them an object worthy of his serious studies, but only reckoned them among the amusements of geometry. Nor had he gone so far, but at the pressing instances of... 
