{"id":939,"date":"2017-06-12T02:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T02:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=939"},"modified":"2019-04-25T17:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:57:53","slug":"the-circle-of-the-brain-cannot-be-squared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=939","title":{"rendered":"The Circle of the Brain Cannot Be Squared."},"content":{"rendered":"

A circle round divided in four parts
\nHath been great<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> study amongst<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> men of arts;
\n<\/span>Since Archimede\u2019s or Euclid\u2019s time, each brain<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Hath on a line been stretched, yet all in vain,<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>And every thought hath been a figure set; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> 5
\n<\/span>Doubts cyphers were, hopes as triangles met;<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>There was<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> division and subtraction made,
\n<\/span>And lines drawn out, and points exactly laid.
\n<\/span>But none hath yet by demonstration found<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>The way by which to square a circle round.<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>10
\n<\/span>Thus<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> while the brain is round, no squares<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> will be:
\n<\/span>While thoughts are in divisions,<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> no figures will agree.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A circle round divided in four parts Hath been great study amongst men of arts; Since Archimede\u2019s or Euclid\u2019s time, each brain Hath on a line been stretched, yet all in vain, And every thought hath been a figure set; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Doubts cyphers were, hopes as triangles met; There was division and subtraction made, … Continue reading The Circle of the Brain Cannot Be Squared.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clasp-1-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}