AN ESSAY ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY¶
Complete 1897 Cambridge University Press First Edition (Preface, Dedication, and §§ 1–209)
AN ESSAY ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY
BY BERTRAND A. W. RUSSELL, M.A.
FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGE: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS — 1897
To John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart, to whose discourse and friendship is owing the existence of this book.
Editorial Scope & Diagram Reconstructions¶
This Book Codex reproduces the complete, unabridged 1897 Cambridge University Press first edition of An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry (xvi + 201 pp., all 209 numbered sections §§ 1–209 and all 171 authorial footnotes), accompanied by 9 exact analytical vector SVG diagrams newly reconstructed from Russell’s geometric specifications—including von Staudt’s complete quadrilateral harmonic construction (Fig. 8, p. 125, § 113).
Analytical Table of Contents¶
Preface & Dedication (1897)¶
pp. v–vi
Introduction: Our Problem Defined (§§ 1–9)¶
pp. 1–6
Chapter I: A Short History of Metageometry (§§ 10–50)¶
pp. 7–53
Chapter II: Critical Account of Previous Philosophical Theories (§§ 51–101)¶
pp. 54–116
Chapter III, Section A: The Axioms of Projective Geometry (§§ 102–140)¶
pp. 117–147
Chapter III, Section B: The Axioms of Metrical Geometry (§§ 141–179)¶
pp. 147–177
Chapter IV: Philosophical Consequences (§§ 180–209)¶
pp. 178–201
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