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There is no Royal Way

"There is no Royal Way [to Geometry]"

Euclid's way of saying "RTFM" when presenting his "Elements" to king Ptolemy I (the king was asking whether there was any shortcut to learn Geometry other than reading the several volumes)

(after Proclus, Commentaria in Euclidium, 4,2)


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