Nauka, filosofii͡a i religii͡a v rannem pifagoreizme. English.
Notes:
Translation of: Nauka, filosofii͡a i religii͡a v rannem pifagoreizme. Includes bibliographical references (p. [457] - 472) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction : the Pythagorean question : problems, methods, and sources -- The early tradition on Pythagoras and its development -- Biography : sources, facts, and legends -- Who were the Pythagoreans? -- The Pythagorean communities -- Mathematici and Acusmatici : the Pythagorean 'symbols' -- Shamanism and metempsychosis -- Mathematics -- Harmonics and acoustics -- Astronomy -- Medicine and life sciences -- Pythagorean philosophies -- Pythagorean number doctrine in the Academy and Lyceum.
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.
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