[DOC] [TLE] Euclid - Wikiquote [PAR] Jump to: navigation, search. There is no royal road to Geometry. ... Give him 
threepence, since he must make gain out of what he learns. (  
... [DOC] [TLE] Euclid - Wikipedia [PAR] Euclid sometimes called Euclid of Alexandria to distinguish him from Euclides of 
Megara, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "father of geometry". 
He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323283 BCE). ... than 
Euclid's Elements, "Euclid replied there is no royal road to geometry. [DOC] [TLE] Euclid [PAR] Early Arab writers said he was a Greek born in Tyre (on the southern coast of 
what ... in 332 b.c. By then Alexander was dead, but his city was ruled by Ptolemy 
I (c. ... Euclid replied with his famous quotation, "There is no royal road to 
geometry. ... to reason properly, as well as how to tell when something was not 
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explained ... Euclid replied, "There is no royal road to geometry. .... We are told 
how she reacted tearfully to the expression of free speech by those in... [DOC] [TLE] Euclid - math word definition - Math Open Reference [PAR] We do know that during the reign of Ptolemy I he taught mathematics in 
Alexandria, ... than The Elements, Euclid replied, "Sire, there is no royal road to 
geometry." ... They told of 'certain proof,' 'proof beyond the possibility of doubt'; but 
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the centuries: "Your majesty, there is no royal road to geometry. [DOC] [TLE] Euclid [PAR] ... that he taught at and founded a school at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy I 
Soter, ... the Greek philosopher Proclus told the story of Euclid's reply to Ptolemy, 
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geometry than Euclid's Elements, Euclid replied there is no royal road to 
geometry. ... since it is similar to a story told about Menaechmus and Alexander 
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c. ... during the time of Ptolemy I because he was mentioned by Archimedes, ... 
than Euclid's Elements, Euclid replied there is no royal road to geometry. This 
anecdote is questionable since it is similar to a story told about... [DOC] [TLE] Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Reese's field / FRI 3 ... [PAR] Mar 20, 2015 ... ... persona / Who wrote to Ptolemy I There is no royal road to geometry ... But you 
don't really *get* him, and he has a corny sense of humor and won't ... in the 
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than the Elements, Euclid told the Pharaoh that "there is no royal road to 
geometry." ... He wrote books on other subjects such as optics and conic sections
, but... [DOC] [TLE] Euclid of Alexandria - University of Oxford [PAR] He lived in the time of Ptolemy the First, for Archimedes, who lived after the time 
of the ... the Elements, and Euclid replied that; There is no royal road to geometry
. ..... the Elements has survived from Euclid's time and this is told

Question: He told Ptolemy I, "There is no royal road to geometry"
Answer: Euclid