Excerpt from A Grammar of Infinite Forms, or the Mathematical Elements of Ancient Philosophy and MythologyThe author of the following pages, in pursuing these abstractions, may seem to be exerting an useless ingenuity, and spending labour in vain, for the purpose of resuscitating antiquated and scarce ly amusmg fables. He is of opinion, however, that none of these were originally contrived at random, or for commemorating particular events, but were originally intended for a totally different purpose, and are valuable memorials of the study of abstract truths, which cannot even now be ex pressed by a more convenient set' of symbols.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.