an anthology of ancient writings which relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean philosophy /
First Statement of Responsibility
compiled and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie ; with additional translations by Thomas Taylor and Arthur Fairbanks, Jr. ; introduced and edited by David R. Fideler ; with a foreword by Joscelyn Godwin.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Grand Rapids :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Phanes Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1987.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
361 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map ;
Dimensions
23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes indexes.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-353).
CONTENTS NOTE
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The Pythagoras sourcebook -- The Pythagorean library.
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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.