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English: screenshot from p.196 of the pdf file download from archive.org, using maximal resolution, 0% saturation, maximal b/w contrast

The diagram is intended as Schopenhauer's proof "by intuition"[1] of (a special case of) the Pythargorean theorem.[2] Using the names from the image annotations, and taking for granted that abd, adf, dfg, bdg, acf, and beg are all congruent triangles which therefore all have the same area,[3] we have ab2 = A(abd)+A(adf)+A(dfg)+A(bdg) = 4*A(abd), while ad2 = A(adf)+A(acf) = 2*A(abd) and bd2 = A(bdg)+A(bge) = 2*A(abd).

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  1. File:On the Fourfold Root, and On the Will in Nature.djvu, p.160
  2. in §39, p.164
  3. denoted by "A(.)"
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Source Djvu file of Arthur Schopenhauer's essay On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason at archive.org
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Arthur Schopenhauer  (1788–1860)  wikidata:Q38193 s:en:Author:Arthur Schopenhauer q:en:Arthur Schopenhauer
 
Arthur Schopenhauer
Description German university teacher, philosopher, writer, musicologist and translator
Date of birth/death 22 February 1788 Edit this at Wikidata 21 September 1860 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gdańsk Edit this at Wikidata Frankfurt Edit this at Wikidata
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