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