Pythagoras revived mathematics and philosophy in late antiquity
This title examines the Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality, describing first the Pythagorean interests of Platonists in the second and third centuries and then Iamblichus's programme to Pythagoreanize Platonism in the fourth century in his work 'On Pythagorean...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1989, 1989
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This title examines the Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality, describing first the Pythagorean interests of Platonists in the second and third centuries and then Iamblichus's programme to Pythagoreanize Platonism in the fourth century in his work 'On Pythagoreanism' |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 251 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191600937 0191600938 |