Pythagoras Revived

Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity

Dominic J. O'Meara (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

1990
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823913-0 (ISBN)

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Pythagorean theory inspired philosophers in the 4th and 5th centuries AD to develop theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models. This book uses newly discovered evidence to examine these theories.

The Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality inspired Neoplatonist philosophers in the fourth and fifth centuries to develop theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models. The theories produced by this revived interest in Pythagoreanism were to become influential in medieval and early modern philosophy, and this book makes use of some newly-discovered evidence to examine for the first time the development of those theories.

The revival of Pythagoreanism in the Napoelonic school; Varieties of Pythagoreanism in the second and third centuries AD; Iamblichus' work on Pythagoreanism: Title, plan, the first four books; On Pythagoreanism Books V-VII: The excerpts in Michael Psellus; Iamblichus' work on Pythagoreanism: General conclusions; Iamblichean Pythagoreanism in the Athenian School; Hierocles; Syrianus; Proclus: Some peliminary issues; Proclus on mathematics; Mathematics and physics in Proclus; Mathematics and metaphysics in Proclus; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.12.1990
Reihe/Serie	Clarendon Paperbacks
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	352 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-823913-0 / 0198239130
ISBN-13	978-0-19-823913-0 / 9780198239130
Zustand	Neuware