The enthralling story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insight transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts. Einstein said that the most incredible thing about our universe was that it was comprehensible at …
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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 repr…
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 repr…
"Ecco l'opera di cui Giovanni Papini auspicava la pubblicazione, reputandola interessantissima. In essa ci si introduce in uno degli aspetti più a torto trascurati, ma più caratteristici del pensiero dell'Alighieri: la viva tradizione Pitagorica. Il simbolismo magico del numero,…
Review text: "Der Leser erhält einen guten Einblick in das komplexe Phänomen des antiken Pythagoreismus in seiner neuplatonischen Variante. Matthias Perkams in: Verkündigung und Forschung 2/2007 " ... a book no scholar of late antiquity can afford to overlook it. ... In short, t…
