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自然的法律只是上帝的數學思考。

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這句話來自亞歷山大的歐幾里德。

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他是公元前三百年希臘的一位數學家和哲學家。

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我引用他說的這句話是因爲人們都稱他爲幾何學之父。

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不管你對上帝的看法是這麼樣的，這句話是很好的一句話。

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無論上帝存不存在，或上帝的自性如何。

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這是自然原本的事情。

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自然的法律只是上帝的數學思考。

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數學可以用來解釋自然界的規則。

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英文裏，幾何學 （geometry）這個詞有希臘語的來源。

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geo 在希臘語裏是地球的意思。

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metry 是測量的意思。

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您可能有聽過 metric system （國際公制）。

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而歐幾里德是幾何學之父。

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（不是因爲他是第一個研究幾何學的人 )

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你也許可以想的到第一個研究幾何學的人。

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他們可能只是觀察到想那樣的地上的樹枝。

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然而他們可能看到了另外一堆一模一樣的形狀的樹枝。

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之後就說，“這個的開口比較大。這跟那個的關係是什麼樣的呢？”

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或是他們看到了一顆樹上掉下來一樣形狀的樹枝。

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然而說，“這兩個的開口有一點相似的部分。”。

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或是他們問自己了。

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