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by ObviousScience 4172 days ago
For the record, plane geometry wasn't solved by Euclid's "Elements"; the conjecture about the 5th postulate remained open for a substantial amount of time, and other axioms were introduced when it was pointed out that Euclid's work relied on numerous implied axioms.
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Damn it. Well at least I can still trust in Plato's theory of forms.