Euclid — "And that, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior ang…"

And that, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than the two right angles.
Euclid — Euclid Ancient · Father of geometry

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Postulate 5 (Parallel Postulate), from 'Elements'

Date: c. 300 BCE

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