EUCLID’S PARALLEL POSTULATE

By Y. GINAN

1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE THEORY OF PARALLEL LINES IN THE AGE OF LEIBNIZ 3 LEIBNIZ’ EPISTEMOLOGY OF GEOMETRY AND THE PARALLEL POSTULATE 4 LEIBNIZ’ ATTEMPTS TO PROVE THE PARALLEL POSTULATE 5 RECEPTION AND LEGACY 6 LEIBNIZ’ TEXTS ON PARALLEL LINES