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André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1612)

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André Tacquet

Brabantian mathematician and priest (1612–1660)

André Tacquet was a Brabantian mathematician and Jesuit priest. Tacquet adhered to the methods of the geometry of Euclid and the philosophy of Aristotle and opposed the method of indivisibles.
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