Plato and Pythagoreanism
Was Plato a Pythagorean? Plato's students and earliest critics thought so, but later scholars have been more skeptical. This book reconsiders this question by arguing that a specific type of Pythagorean philosophy, called 'mathematical' Pythagoreanism played a profound role in Plato...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2013, 2013
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Was Plato a Pythagorean? Plato's students and earliest critics thought so, but later scholars have been more skeptical. This book reconsiders this question by arguing that a specific type of Pythagorean philosophy, called 'mathematical' Pythagoreanism played a profound role in Plato's philosophy |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9780199345519 |