biography
pronunciation:
[theeaytetus]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.414–c.369 BC)
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| biography:
| Greek mathematician. He was an associate of Plato at the Academy, whose work was later used by Euclid in Books X and XIII of the Elements. Plato named after him the dialogue Theaetetus, which was devoted to the nature of knowledge. |
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