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 Why Numbers like : 1 is One & 2 is two...................
Why Numbers like : 1 is One & 2 is two...................
have you ever thought why ........
1 means "one", and 2 means "two"? The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logicbehind the Phoenician numbers?
It's all about angles !
It's the number of angles. If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why. I have marked the angles with "o"s.
No 1 has one angle.
No 2 has two angles.
No 3 has three angles.
etc.
and "O" has no angles
 Interesting, isn't it?
An ancient Phoenician manuscript explains this |