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Transcendence[Archimedes’ treatises are,] without exception, monuments of mathematical exposition; the gradual revelation of the plan of attack, the masterly ordering of propositions, the stern elimination of everything not immediately relevant to the purpose, the finish of the whole, are so impressive in their perfection as to create a feeling akin to awe in the mind of the reader.
quoted in Hirshfeld, Eureka Man: the life and legacy of Archimedes (3), p. 37
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