CLST 214 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mercator Projection, Hypotenuse, Stoicism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 214
• Professor: Daryn Lehoux

Document Summary

Clst 214 week 7: geometry, geography stoicism. Axiomatic: deductive method starting with definitions and principles to lead you to findings through manipulating said principles. Ancient geometry was limited by only going to the third dimension. In a right angled triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the area of square a and square b. Mercator projection: not completely accurate with special relationships. (ancient) t-o map: circle with a t (water) in the centre to separate the continents, on some, centre of the world = jerusalem. Plots known world: europe, africa, arabian peninsula, indian sub: through maps of others/trade routes, lines of latitudes, labels climates, east and west hard to figure out. 3 branches: logic, ethics, physics none exist without others: natural law (ethics) vs. law of nature (physics, understanding ethics = understanding nature. Mathematics can mean any branch of learning: aristotle first to distinguish between mathematike and physike.