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... POSIDONIUS , a Stoic , the teacher of Cicero , is known as Posidonius of Apamea ( where he was born ) or of Rhodes ( where he taught ) ; he lived from about 135 to 51 B.C. In pure ... POSIDONIUS 385 Dionysodorus Posidonius Geminus.
... POSIDONIUS , a Stoic , the teacher of Cicero , is known as Posidonius of Apamea ( where he was born ) or of Rhodes ( where he taught ) ; he lived from about 135 to 51 B.C. In pure ... POSIDONIUS 385 Dionysodorus Posidonius Geminus.
Pagina 386
... Posidonius by Cleomedes ( De motu circulari corporum caelestium ) may safely be referred to it . Posidonius also wrote a separate tract on the size of the earth . His estimate of the circumference of the earth was less accurate than ...
... Posidonius by Cleomedes ( De motu circulari corporum caelestium ) may safely be referred to it . Posidonius also wrote a separate tract on the size of the earth . His estimate of the circumference of the earth was less accurate than ...
Pagina 390
... Posidonius , on equidistance , and then adding the state- ment that the said ' distance ' between the lines is the shortest straight line that can be drawn between them . Premising these things , he tried to prove the Postulate by a ...
... Posidonius , on equidistance , and then adding the state- ment that the said ' distance ' between the lines is the shortest straight line that can be drawn between them . Premising these things , he tried to prove the Postulate by a ...
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