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Pythagoras and the early Pythagoreans
Uniform Title
Nauka, filosofii︠a︡ i religii︠a︡ v rannem pifagoreizme. English
Title
Pythagoras and the early Pythagoreans / Leonid Zhmud ; translated from Russian by Kevin Windle and Rosh Ireland.
ISBN
9780199289318
019928931X
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xxiv, 491 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary
In ancient tradition, Pythagoras emerges as a wise teacher, an outstanding mathematician, an influential politician, and as a religious and ethical reformer. This volume offers a study of Pythagoras, Pythagoreanism, and the early Pythagoreans through an analysis of the many representations of the individual and his followers.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 25, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-472) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Pythagorean question : problems, methods, and sources
1. The early tradition on Pythagoras and its development
2. Biography : sources, facts, and legends
3. Who were the Pythagoreans?
4. The Pythagorean communities
5. Mathematici and Acusmatici : the Pythagorean "symbols"
6. Shamanism and metempsychosis
7. Mathematics
8. Harmonics and acoustics
9. Astronomy
10. Medicine and life sciences
11. Pythagorean philosophies
12. Pythagorean number doctrine in the Academy and Lyceum.
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