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Introduction

Byrne's Introduction - page by page

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Introduction to David Joyce's Euclid

Heath's Introductory chapters

Chapter I. Euclid and the traditions about him
Chapter II. Euclid's other works
Chapter III. Greek commentators other than Proclus
Chapter IV. Proclus and his sources
Chapter V. The text
Chapter VI. The scholia
Chapter VII. Euclid in Arabia
Chapter VIII. Principal translations and editions
Chapter IX.
  1. On the nature of elements
  2. Elements anterior to Euclid's
  3. First principles: definitions, postulates, and axioms
  4. Theorems and problems
  5. The formal divisions of a proposition
  6. Other technical terms
  7. The definitions