John Dee: Circle

John Dee was English mathematican, astrologer and antiquary. Explore interesting quotes on circle.

John Dee: 20 quotes5 likes

“Neither the circle without the line, nor the line without the point, can be artificially produced. It is, therefore, by virtue of the point and the Monad that all things commence to emerge in principle.
That which is affected at the periphery, however large it may be, cannot in any way lack the support of the central point.”

Theorem II
Monas Hieroglyphica (1564)

“Therefore, the central point which we see in the centre of the hieroglyphic Monad produces the Earth, round which the Sun, the Moon, and the other planets follow their respective paths. The Sun has the supreme dignity, and we represent him by a circle having a visible centre.”

Theorem III
Monas Hieroglyphica (1564)

“It is by the straight line and the circle that the first and most simple example and representation of all things may be demonstrated, whether such things be either non-existent or merely hidden under Nature's veils.”

Theorem I
Monas Hieroglyphica (1564)

“Although the semicircle of the Moon is placed above the circle of the Sun and would appear to be superior, nevertheless we know that the Sun is ruler and King. We see that the Moon in her shape and her proximity rivals the Sun with her grandeur, which is apparent to ordinary men, yet the face, or a semi-sphere of the Moon, always reflects the light of the Sun.”

John Dee book Monas Hieroglyphica

Theorem IV
Monas Hieroglyphica (1564)