Taylor - Theoretic Arithmetic.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
Taylor - Theoretic Arithmetic.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
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ROOK Two<br />
dissimilating, increasing and decreasing, correspondent and<br />
eff able.<br />
Augmentations surpassing, are ratios of greater inequality,<br />
viz. when the greater is compared to the less, and are multiples,<br />
superparticulars, superpartients, m illtiple super-particulars,<br />
and multiple-superpartients. But multiple ratio is, as we<br />
have before shown, when a greater quantity contains a less<br />
many times; superparticular ratio is when the greater contains<br />
the less quantity once, and some part of it besides; and<br />
superpartient ratio is when the greater contains the less quantity<br />
once, and certain parts of it likewise. Again, multiplesuperparticular<br />
ratio is when the greater contains the less<br />
many times, and some part of it besides; and multiple-superpartient<br />
ratio, is when the greater contains the less many times,<br />
and also some of its parts. But augmentations surpassed, are<br />
ratios of less inequality, viz. when the less is compared with the<br />
greater quantity; as for instance, submultiples, subsuperparticulars,<br />
subsuperpartients, and those which are composed from<br />
these three. Those numbers are called by Plato assimilating<br />
and dissimilating, which are denominated by arithmeticians<br />
similar and dissimilar. And similar numbers are those whose<br />
sides are proportional, but dissimilar numbers those whose sides<br />
are not proportional. Plato also calls those numbers increasing<br />
and decreasing, which arithmeticians denominate superperfec~,<br />
and deficient, or more than perfect and imperfect.<br />
Things correspondent and effable, are boundaries which<br />
correspond in ratio with each other; and can be expressed in<br />
numbers either integral or fractional,-such as these four terms<br />
or boundaries 27, 18, 12, 8, which are in sesquialter and subsesquialter<br />
ratios; since these mutually correspond in ratio, and<br />
are effable. For effable quantities are those which can be expressed<br />
in whole numbers or fractions; and in like manner,<br />
ineffable quantities are such as cannot be expressed in either of