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And assuredly there is no art or craft that has been built up without proportion, and proportion is based on number; so that every art is built up by means of number. Thus the Rhodians, it is said, asked Chares the architect how much money it would cost to construct the Colossus. And when he named a figure, they asked again how much it would be if they wished to construct it twice that size. And when he asked double the sum [τὸ διπλάσιον], they gave it to him; but he, when he had spent the sum given on the first stages of the work and the preliminary expenses, slew himself [ἑαυτὸν ἀνεῖλεν]. And when he was dead the craftsmen became aware that he ought to have asked not double but eight times the sum, for he was bound to enlarge not only the length but also every other dimension of the structure.

(Sextus Empiricus: Adversus mathematicos VII 106)
 
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