Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity

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Title

Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity

Subject

Pythagoras and Pythagorean school
Mathematics -- Philosophy -- History

Description

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'.

Creator

Dominic J. O'Meara

Publisher

Oxford England : Clarendon Press

Date

1989

Format

xii, 251 pages ; 23 cm.

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Book

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Citation

Dominic J. O'Meara , “Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity,” Humanities Hub, accessed June 22, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/688.