Plato and Pythagoreanism

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This work argues that a specific type of Pythagorean philosophy, called "mathematical" Pythagoreanism, exercised a decisive influence on fundamental aspects of Plato's philosophy. Specifically, innovations of mathematical Pythagoreans such as Hippasus of Metapontum, Empedocles of Agrigentum, Epicharmus of Syracuse, Philolaus of Croton, and Archytas of Tarentum presented philosophers like Plato with novel ways to reconcile empirical knowledge with abstract mathematical theories.

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Full title :Plato and Pythagoreanism / Philip Sidney Horky.

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Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 305 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199898220, 0199898227
oclc:ocn823380557
LC Classification:B243
Dewey Decimal:184

Chapter 1: Aristotle on Mathematical Pythagoreanism in the 4th Century BCE -- Chapter 2: Hippasus of Metapontum and Mathematical Pythagoreanism -- Chapter 3: Exoterism and the History of Pythagorean Politics -- Chapter 4: Mathematical Pythagoreanism and Plato's Cratylus -- Chapter 5: What is Wisest? Mathematical Pythagoreanism and Plato's Phaedo -- Chapter 6: The Method of the Gods: Mathematical Pythagoreanism and Discovery.

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Antikens filosofi Matematik -- historia Mathematics, Ancient Mathematik Mathématiques anciennes Philosophie Plato Pythagoras and Pythagorean school Pythagorean theorem Pythagoreer Pythagoreerna Pythagorisme Théorème de Pythagore