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Pythagoras revived mathematics and philosophy in late antiquity
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Pythagoras revived [electronic resource] : mathematics and philosophy in late antiquity / Dominic J. O'Meara.
ISBN
9780191600937 (ebook) :
Published
Oxford : Clarendon, 1989.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 251 p.)
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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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Language
English
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September 01, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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