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Transcribing in a blank notebook with a pencil, compass and a straight edge. Currently finished Proposition 24.

So much easier to read than the old type of Byrne’s reprint of the first six books. This has 13! And the definition, postulates are clearly referenced with abbreviations and symbols. Absorbing the first few Propositions is intuitively easier mentally except for the yellow lines are a bit faint against the white text book pages. Looking forward to reading and learning more….

Really well written history of Euclid’s Elements. A very fascinating subject to me personally. Reading a chapter at a time and then copying out a proposition at a time in my notebook.

Slow read for me. I’ve listened to the Audio version but the writing is good so I want to learn more about Euclid and his legacy.

Excellent detailed overview of the Volkswagen Beetle.

Agamemnon

Unfamiliar terms in back of book in Appendix 1. He “choose to forgo footnotes completely.” 😱

Short intro

Finished Persians by Aeschylus translated by James Romm.
Xerxes: Rend your gathered robe with the tips of your fingers.
Chorus: Agony, agony.