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Mediterranean Intellectual and Cultural Histories | The Ottomans and Byzantines | Islamicate World | Renaissance umich.academia.edu/SametBudak

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Ever heard of an Ottoman take on the Platonic Delian problem, or doubling the cube? This treatise by Molla Lütfi (d. 1494) explores the ancient math problem in Arabic. An impressive cadre is behind the book: Henry Corbin, Adnan Adıvar, and Şerefettin Yaltkaya.

Ever heard of an Ottoman take on the Platonic Delian problem, or doubling the cube? 
This treatise by Molla Lütfi (d. 1494) explores the ancient math problem in Arabic. 
An impressive cadre is behind the book: Henry Corbin, Adnan Adıvar, and Şerefettin Yaltkaya.