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...Dialogue and universalism no zbigniew krol scientific heritage the reception transmission of euclidian geometry in western civilization abstract this paper presents sources pertinent to euclids elements medieval some important observations follow from pure de scription concerning development mathematics e g text was supplemented with new axioms proofs theorems as if an a priori skeleton lost dark ages reconstructed rediscovered during late middle such historical facts indicate aprioricity keywords apriority is not only part science form also very culture here equivalently however between antiquity first printed edition latin greek cf elementa geometriae basle johann herwagen d there manifold traditions con cerning manuscripts translations editions analysis these unveils detail ways mechanisms creation mathematical knowledge were ahis torical construction by human mind contain traces many thought experiments thinking attitudes towards mathe matics different times therefore it know somet...