geometry and society

GEOMETRY AND SOCIETY As equal angles stand on equal circumferences, unequal angles stand on unequal circumferences. So, what is true in geometry may also seem to be true in American society, where angles are people and where circumferences are opportunities . Source: EUCLID'S ELEMENTS Book 4, Proposition 15, citing in reliance: Book 3, Proposition 26. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/elements/bookIV/propIV15.html