[goo goo g'joob]

how about this “passionless” argument

1) I can find multiple sources that attribute these exact words to Euclid,

2) I can’t find any sources that attribute these exact words to Kepler (all due respect to Kepler).

If you want to call that “misattribution”, then you win

[Olog-hai]

Citing alleged multiple sources, as I already said, is argumentum ad populum now with argumentum ad verecundiam piled on top.

I did not say “exact words” with respect to Kepler, but “paraphrased”.

I am not seeking a so-called win, but in the spirit of both Euclid and Kepler I just want to seek out objective reality, particularly when it remains under continuous attack from the left. No offense meant.