Aristotle's axiom

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title: Aristotle's axiom
text: Aristotle's axiom is an axiom in the foundations of geometry, proposed by Aristotle in On the Heavens that states: If X O Y ^ is an acute angle and AB is any segment, then there exists a point P on the ray O Y → and a point Q on the ray O X → , such that PQ is perpendicular to OX and PQ > AB. Aristotle's axiom is a consequence of the Archimedean property, and the conjunction of Aristotle's axiom and the Lotschnittaxiom, which states that "Perpendiculars raised on each side of a right angle inter
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