... prided himself inordinately on his discovery of this curve, contrasting it with Eratosthenes 's mechanism for finding any number of mean proportionals, to which he objected formally and at length on the ground that it was impracticable and entirely outside the spirit of geometry.
... prided kanyang sarili inordinately sa kanyang pagkatuklas ng mga ito liko, contrasting ito sa Eratosthenes' s mekanismo para sa paghahanap ng anumang bilang ng mga ibig sabihin ng proportionals, na kung saan siya objected pormal at sa haba sa lupa na ito ay hindi ganap at sa labas ng espiritu ng geometry.