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This is a comprehensive, authoritative and innovative account of Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West. In twenty-one chapters covering a timespan from the sixth century BC to the seventeenth century AD, leading scholars construct a number of different images of Pythagoras and his community, assessing current scholarship and offering new answers to central problems. Chapters are devoted to the early Pythagoreans, and the full breadth of Pythagorean thought is explored including politics, religion, music theory, science, mathematics and magic. Separate chapters consider Pythagoreanism in Plato, Aristotle, the Peripatetics and the later Academic tradition, while others describe Pythagoreanism in the historical tradition, in Rome and in the pseudo-Pythagorean writings. The three great lives of Pythagoras by Diogenes Laertius, Porphyry and Iamblichus are also discussed in detail, as is the significance of Pythagoras for the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Pythagoras and Pythagorean school --- Pythagoriciens --- Pythagoras and Pythagorean school. --- Pythagore, --- Critique et interprétation --- Pythagoriciens. --- Pythagore --- Critique et interprétation. --- Critique et interprétation.
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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.
Philosophy, Ancient --- Mathematics, Ancient. --- Pythagorean theorem. --- Pythagoras and Pythagorean school. --- Philosophie ancienne --- Mathématiques anciennes --- Pythagore, Théorème de --- Pythagorisme --- Plato. --- Pythagoriciens --- Platon, --- Et les mathématiques --- Mathématiques anciennes --- Pythagore, Théorème de --- Mathematics, Ancient --- Pythagoras and Pythagorean school --- Pythagorean theorem --- Ancient mathematics --- Pythagoras' theorem --- Pythagorean proposition --- Theorem, Pythagorean --- Geometry, Plane --- Aflāṭūn --- Aplaton --- Bolatu --- Platonas --- Platone --- Po-la-tʻu --- Pʻŭllatʻo --- Pʻŭllatʻon --- Pʻuratʻon --- Πλάτων --- אפלטון --- פלאטא --- פלאטאן --- פלאטו --- أفلاطون --- 柏拉圖 --- 플라톤 --- Plato --- Platon --- Platoon --- Théorème de Pythagore --- Théorème de Pythagore. --- Pythagoriciens. --- Платон --- プラトン --- Et les mathématiques.
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The history of Pythagoreanism is littered with different and incompatible interpretations, to the point that Kahn (1974) suggested that, instead of another thesis on Pythagoreanism, it would be preferable to assess traditions with the aim of producing a good historiographical presentation. This almost fourty-year-old observation by Kahn, directs the author of this book towards a fundamentally historiographical rather than philological brand of work, that is, one neither exclusively devoted to the exegesis of sources such as Philolaus, Archytas or even of one of the Hellenistic Lives nor even to the theoretical approach of one of the themes that received specific contributions from Pythagoreanism, such as mathematics, cosmology, politics or theories of the soul. Instead, this monograph sets out to reconstruct the way in which the tradition established Pythagoreanism’s image, facing one of the central problems that characterizes Pythagoreanism more than other ancient philosophical movements: the drastically shifting terrain of the criticism of the sources. The goal of this historiographical approach is to embrace Pythagoreanism in its entirety, through - and not in spite of - its complex articulation across more than a millennium.
History of philosophy --- Pythagoras --- Pythagoriciens --- Histoire --- Historiographie --- Pythagore, --- Pythagoras. --- Influence --- Pitágora --- Pitagora di Samo --- Pitágoras --- Pitágoras de Samos --- Pythagore --- Πυθαγόρας --- فيثاغورس --- Historiographie. --- Histoire. --- Historiography of Ancient Thought. --- History of Ancient Philosophy. --- Philosophie der Antike. --- Presocratics. --- Pythagoreanism. --- Pythagoreismus. --- Vorsokratiker. --- PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical.
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One of the most important mathematical theorems is named after Pythagoras of Samos, but this semi-mythical Greek sage has more to offer than formulas. He is said to have discovered the numerical nature of the basic consonances and transposed the musical proportions to the cosmos, postulating a "harmony of the spheres." He may have coined the words "cosmos" and "philosophy." He is also believed to have taught the doctrine of transmigration of souls and therefore to have advised a vegetarian diet.Ancient legends have Pythagoras conversing with dogs, bears, and bulls. A distinctly Pythagorean way of life, including detailed ritual regulations, was observed by his disciples, who were organized as a secret society. Later, Pythagorean and Platonic teachings became fused. In this Platonized form, Pythagoreanism has remained influential through medieval Christianity and the Renaissance down to the present.Christoph Riedweg's book is an engaging introduction to the fundamental contributions of Pythagoras to the establishment of European culture. To penetrate the intricate maze of lore and ascertain what history can tell us about the philosopher, Riedweg not only examines the written record but also considers Pythagoras within the cultural, intellectual, and spiritual context of his times. The result is a vivid overview of the life and teachings of a crucial Greek thinker and his most important followers.
Philosophy, Ancient. --- Pythagoras. --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Pitágora --- Pitagora di Samo --- Pitágoras --- Pitágoras de Samos --- Pythagore --- Πυθαγόρας --- فيثاغورس --- Biography & Autobiography. --- Philosophy. --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers. --- Influence. --- biografieën (genre) --- filosofen --- wiskunde --- Pythagoras
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Philosophy, Ancient. --- Philosophy --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- History. --- Pythagoras. --- Parmenides. --- Pitágora --- Pitagora di Samo --- Pitágoras --- Pitágoras de Samos --- Pythagore --- Πυθαγόρας --- فيثاغورس
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Pythagoras and Heraclitus developed theories of the universe and mankind’s place in it which were taken seriously by all later Greek thinkers. None of their works remains, however, except in later paraphrases that all too often are misrepresentations. Pythagoras had followers who attributed their own ideas to their master; Heraclitus wrote in a prose style so ambiguous that he came to be known as the Shadow, so that even the most earnest attempts to paraphrase his views had to smooth out his intentional rough edges. Nonetheless, enough remains to allow the authors of this volume, edited by David Sider and Dirk Obbink (Oxford), to offer new ways of viewing their views and the way others perceived them. The contributors are Gábor Betegh (Budapest), Roman Dilcher (Heidelberg), Aryeh Finkelberg (Tel Aviv), Daniel Graham (Brigham Young University), Herbert Granger (Wayne State University), Carl Huffman (DePauw), Enrique Hülsz Piccone (Mexico City), Anthony Long (Berkeley), Richard McKirahan (Pomona), Catherine Rowett (East Anglia), David Sider (New York), and Leonid Zhmud (St. Petersberg).
Philosophers, Ancient. --- Ancient philosophers --- Heraclitus, --- Pythagoras. --- Pitágora --- Pitagora di Samo --- Pitágoras --- Pitágoras de Samos --- Pythagore --- Πυθαγόρας --- فيثاغورس --- Heraclitus --- Héraclite --- Heraclitus van Efese --- Heraclitus van Ephese --- Herakleitos --- Eraclito --- Eraclito, --- Geraklit, --- Heracleitus, --- Heraclit, --- Héraclite, --- Heraclito --- Hērakleitos, --- Heraklit, --- Herakʻŭlleitʻosŭ --- Kheraklit, --- היראקליטוס --- Ἡράκλειτος, --- Heraclitus. --- Presocratic philosophy.
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The purpose of the conference “On Pythagoreanism”, held in Brasilia in 2011, was to bring together leading scholars from all over the world to define the status quaestionis for the ever-increasing interest and research on Pythagoreanism in the 21st century. The papers included in this volume exemplify the variety of topics and approaches now being used to understand the polyhedral image of one of the most fascinating and long-lasting intellectual phenomena in Western history. Cornelli’s paper opens the volume by charting the course of Pythagorean studies over the past two centuries. The remaining contributions range chronologically from Pythagoras and the early Pythagoreans of the archaic period (6th-5th centuries BCE) through the classical, hellenistic and late antique periods, to the eighteenth century. Thematically they treat the connections of Pythagoreanism with Orphism and religion, with mathematics, metaphysics and epistemology and with politics and the Pythagorean way of life.
Philosophy, Ancient --- Pythagoras and Pythagorean school --- Pythagorean theorem --- Pythagoras' theorem --- Pythagorean proposition --- Theorem, Pythagorean --- Geometry, Plane --- Plato --- Pythagoras --- Platon --- Aflāṭūn --- Aplaton --- Bolatu --- Platonas --- Platone --- Po-la-tʻu --- Pʻŭllatʻo --- Pʻŭllatʻon --- Pʻuratʻon --- Πλάτων --- אפלטון --- פלאטא --- פלאטאן --- פלאטו --- أفلاطون --- 柏拉圖 --- 플라톤 --- Платон --- プラトン --- Pitágora --- Pitagora di Samo --- Pitágoras --- Pitágoras de Samos --- Pythagore --- Πυθαγόρας --- فيثاغورس --- Presocratics. --- Pythagoras. --- Pythagoreanism.
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The celebrated mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras left no writings. But what if he had and the manuscript was never found? Where would it be located? And what information would it reveal? These questions are the inspiration for the mathematical mystery novel Pythagoras' Revenge. Suspenseful and instructive, Pythagoras' Revenge weaves fact, fiction, mathematics, computer science, and ancient history into a surprising and sophisticated thriller. The intrigue begins when Jule Davidson, a young American mathematician who trolls the internet for difficult math riddles and stumbles upon a neo-Pythagorean sect searching for the promised reincarnation of Pythagoras. Across the ocean, Elmer Galway, a professor of classical history at Oxford, discovers an Arabic manuscript hinting at the existence of an ancient scroll--possibly left by Pythagoras himself. Unknown to one another, Jule and Elmer each have information that the other requires and, as they race to solve the philosophical and mathematical puzzles set before them, their paths ultimately collide. Set in 1998 with flashbacks to classical Greece, Pythagoras' Revenge investigates the confrontation between opposing views of mathematics and reality, and explores ideas from both early and cutting-edge mathematics. From academic Oxford to suburban Chicago and historic Rome, Pythagoras' Revenge is a sophisticated thriller that will grip readers from beginning to surprising end.
Mathematics --- Mathematician. Statistician. Logici --- Pythagoras --- Historians --- Oxford --- United States --- Women mathematicians --- Mathematics, Ancient --- Ancient mathematics --- Historiographers --- Scholars --- Women as mathematicians --- Mathematicians --- Women in mathematics --- Pitágora --- Pitagora di Samo --- Pitágoras --- Pitágoras de Samos --- Pythagore --- Πυθαγόρας --- فيثاغورس --- United States of America
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Classical Greek literature --- General ethics --- Pythagoras --- Philosophers --- Philosophy --- God --- Philosophes --- Philosophie --- Dieu --- Early works to 1800 --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Ethics, Ancient --- -Philosophers --- -Philosophy --- -Ethics, Ancient --- Ancient ethics --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Scholars --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Monotheism --- Religion --- Theism --- Biography --- Pythagoras. --- Pitágora --- Pitagora di Samo --- Pitágoras --- Pitágoras de Samos --- Pythagore --- فيثاغورس --- Πυθαγόρας --- Ethics, Ancient. --- Early works to 1800. --- Biography. --- Philosophers - Greece - Biography --- Philosophy - Early works to 1800 --- God - Early works to 1800
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Archytas of Tarentum is one of the three most important philosophers in the Pythagorean tradition, a prominent mathematician, who gave the first solution to the famous problem of doubling the cube, an important music theorist, and the leader of a powerful Greek city-state. He is famous for sending a trireme to rescue Plato from the clutches of the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius II, in 361 BC. This 2005 study was the first extensive enquiry into Archytas' work in any language. It contains original texts, English translations and a commentary for all the fragments of his writings and for all testimonia concerning his life and work. In addition there are introductory essays on Archytas' life and writings, his philosophy, and the question of authenticity. Carl A. Huffman presents an interpretation of Archytas' significance both for the Pythagorean tradition and also for fourth-century Greek thought, including the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle.
Ancient mathematics --- Ancient philosophy --- Antieke filosofie --- Antieke wiskunde --- Filosofie [Antieke ] --- Filosofie [Griekse ] --- Filosofie [Romeinse ] --- Filosofie van de Oudheid --- Greek philosophy --- Griekse filosofie --- Mathematics [Ancient ] --- Mathématiques anciennes --- Mathématiques de l'antiquité --- Philosophie ancienne --- Philosophie antique --- Philosophie de l'Antiquité --- Philosophie grecque --- Philosophie romaine --- Philosophy [Ancient ] --- Philosophy [Greek ] --- Philosophy [Roman ] --- Pythagoras' theorem --- Pythagorean proposition --- Pythagorean theorem --- Roman philosophy --- Romeinse filosofie --- Stelling van Pythagoras --- Theorem Pythagorean --- Théorème de Pythagore --- Wiskunde [Antieke ] --- Wiskunde van de oudheid --- Archytas, --- Archytas of Tarentum --- Mathematicians --- Greece --- Biography --- Scientists --- Ps.-Archita --- Ps.-Archytas --- Pseudo Archita --- Pseudo-Archytas --- Tarentum, Archytas of --- Archytas de Tarente --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Archytas, - of Tarentum.
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