However, in other respects the manner in which this has been accomplished by Euclid deserves all the praise which has been bestowed on him through so many centuries, and which has been carried so far that his method of treating mathematics has been set up as the pattern of all scientific exposition. Men tried indeed to model all the sciences after it, but later they gave up the attempt without quite knowing why.
Hala ere, Euklidesek puntu hori ezartzeko izan duen erak miresmen osoa merezi du, zeina hainbeste mendetan barrena eskaini baitzaio eta hain urrunera joan da, non matematika tratatzeko bere era aurkezpen zientifiko ororen eredu gisa azaldu baita, zeinaren arabera beste zientzia guztiak moduztatzen ahalegindu baitira, nahiz eta geroago horretatik urrundu, zergatik oso ongi jakin gabe.