Early Thought Patterns: A Prehistoric Esthetic of Number

by Edith Borroff

In addition to practical arithmetic functions for numbers, ancient peoples also developed esthetic concepts pertaining particularly to the numbers two, three, four, and seven. These concepts were also philosophical, and terms from them are part of our vocabulary (The "deadcenter," "going off the deep end," etc.)¿Though we no longer know where they came from. The ideas seem to have been I personally witnessedevidence for this in Africa, Australia, America, and Norway.

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2003