
Title:
The Pythagorean sourcebook and library : an anthology of ancient writings which relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean philosophy
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Publication Date:
1987
1988
Publication Information:
Grand Rapids : Phanes Press, [1987].
Physical Description:
361 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780933999510
9780933999503
General Note:
Includes indexes.
Contents:
The Pythagoras sourcebook -- The Pythagorean library.
The monochord: the mathematics of harmonic mediation -- The soul, its nature and care -- Pythagorean educational theory -- The pythagorean community -- His advice to women -- Why he called himself a philosopher -- How he shared Orpheus' control over animals -- On Pythagoras' preexistence -- How Pythagoras cured by medicine and music -- Pythagorean asceticism -- His study of musical harmonics -- The Pythagorean symbols or maxims -- Perictyone: on the duties and harmony of a woman -- Phyntis, daughter of Callicrates: on woman's temperance -- The ethical fragments of Hierocles -- Passages from Plato and Aristotle.
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Language:
English