interview of euclid

             Ammar: I want an interview of you Sir for my history teacher. May I get it?
             Euclid: Yes, sure, why not. So what do you want to ask me?
             Ammar: If you won't mind, can I ask some personal questions in the beginning of the interview?
             Euclid: OK! I won't mind unless they are too personal.
             Ammar: What date were you born, and where were you born?
             Euclid: I am not sure about my date of birth because in those days there were no birth certificates and our parents don't keep record of the dates of births. I believe I was born around 300 BC. I was born in Alexandria, Athens, Greece.
             Ammar: Did you marry? How many kids do you have?
             Euclid: Well, I married and I have two kids. The eldest on is a boy and the younger one is a girl.
             Ammar: What school you went to? Tell us something about it.
             Euclid: I went to Alexandria School. It is situated in Athens, Greece. The teachers of that school were the pupils of Plato. After I graduated from that school I started teaching in that school. After working for a while I created a school of mathematics and then I started teaching there.
             Ammar: Were you interested in mathematics since the beginning of your studies or you changed your mind later?
             Euclid: At first when I joined school and I had no idea of what I will become. I don't know what happened and I later became interested in math and I thought of becoming a mathematician.
             Ammar: During the time you were in school, there were very famous Greek Philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato. They also had many different followers, who do you think you follow? Why?
             Euclid: I think I belong to the persuasion of Plato because I was taught by his pupils and the ideas in me are quite platonist. You could see that by reviewing the results of my researches (Proculs, p. 57[68:19-20]; Bulmer-Thomas, p.415).
             Ammar: What contributions you made in mathematics?
             Euclid: You know that I devoted my whole life in the fi...

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