Search Loci: Convergence: A human being is a part of the whole,
called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He
experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something
separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his
consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us,
restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a
few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves
from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace
all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for
such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a
foundation for inner security. In H. Eves, Mathematical Circles
Adieu, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1977. Leonardo da
Vinci's Geometric Sketches The Franciscan friar, Luca Pacioli
(ca 1445-1509) is best known for his compendium of fifteenth
century mathematics, Summa de arithmetica, geometrica,
proportioni et proportionalita (1494). This b