Guest guest Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Dear All in TBP, Love and Love alone.... I could not understand it. Do you? If so, can you kindly explain it to all and me too. Love and Love alone.... P. Gopi Krishna It's all about angles Posted by: " Alton Slater " altonslater lostnfoundation Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:43 pm (PST) The numbers we all use (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) are known as " *arabic * " numbers to distinguish them from the " *Roman Numerals * " (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, etc). Actually the arabs popularized these numbers but they were originally used by the early Phoenician traders to count and keep track of their trading accounts. Have you ever thought why ........ 1 means " one " , and 2 means " two " ? The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logic behind the Phoenician numbers? It's all about angles ! It's the number of angles. If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why. I have marked the angles with " o " s. No 1 has one angle. No 2 has two angles. No 3 has three angles. etc. and " O " has no angles Interesting, isn't it? An ancient Phoenician manuscript explains this and I thought it to be fascinating. Gopi Krishna <gopi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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