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Is there such thing as perfect figures? - xpimnoob - 2009-06-20
Is it possible to draw a straight line? Make a right angle? Circle?
how does one go about creating these things?
Is there such thing as perfect figures? - MechMike - 2009-06-20
Well for a circle you basically put a peg on the center with an arm attached to draw and you got a circle.
Most that pomegranate is all about angling
Triange=60x3=180
Is there such thing as perfect figures? - Ryuzaki - 2009-06-20
Humanly speaking, yes. Because we can never reach perfection. If you take a high quality ruler and draw a straight line, it will be considered perfect because it's our human range of perfection.
Scientifically speaking, no. Our technology isn't sophisticated enough and it demands too much precision, thus the reason why we can't draw perfect straight lines. If you draw a straigth line with a ruler and take a look at it in a microscope, it will be a sure thing the line that looked so perfect, isn't that straight.
Is there such thing as perfect figures? - MasPan - 2009-06-20
MechMike Wrote:Well for a circle you basically put a peg on the center with an arm attached to draw and you got a circle.
Most that pomegranate is all about angling
Triange=60x3=180
Technically, not true - what we see as a circle, if mangified infinitely, is truly just a series of straight lines with slightly changing angles.
Is there such thing as perfect figures? - xpimnoob - 2009-06-20
what if somewhere in universe or something there is a perfectly straight or perfectly round object? regardless of being able to grasp the power of manipulate it
Is there such thing as perfect figures? - Fiel - 2009-06-20
Sounds like you're arguing Aquinas' Fourth Way. Check it out.
Is there such thing as perfect figures? - xpimnoob - 2009-06-20
Hmm, thanks fiel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomism#The_fourth_way
Quote:The fourth way
Any category has its degrees, such as good and better, warm and warmer. Each also has one thing that's the ultimate of that measure, like good and "best", warm and "hottest". And whatever is the most of that category is the source of that category, as fire (or, in modern terms, energy itself) is the source of heat, and God must therefore be the source of goodness.