Have you ever thought
why........ 1 means "one", and 2 means
"two"?
The
roman numerals
are easy to understand but what was the
logic behind the phonecian 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
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Interesting, isn't it?
An
ancient phonecian
manuscript explains this and I thought it to be
fascinating.