The origin and meaning of geometrical axioms

Mind 3 (10):212-225 (1878)
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The object in this article is to discuss the philosophical bearing of recent inquiries concerning geometrical axioms and the possibility of working out analytically other systems of geometry with other axioms than Euclid's. Digital edition compiled by Gabriele Dörflinger, Heidelberg University Library

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