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Quotation from Elements, Books I-VI by Euclid
“The whole is greater than its part”
Elements, Books I-VI, Book I, Axiom ix, trans. John Casey (3rd ed., 1885)
One of the common notions that apply to all kinds of magnitude, not only geometrical ones.
Citation: "The whole is greater than its part" — Euclid, Elements, Books I-VI, Book I, Axiom ix, trans. John Casey (3rd ed., 1885). (id euclid-elements-books-i-vi-q3)
