"The original collection of essays by some of the best world specialists of ancient Greek philosophy focuses on the texts written during the Hellenistic and Imperial times under the names of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. Their unknown authors claimed to convey the positions o…
"The original collection of essays by some of the best world specialists of ancient Greek philosophy focuses on the texts written during the Hellenistic and Imperial times under the names of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. Their unknown authors claimed to convey the positions o…
The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the Presocratics) have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient philosophy but also a perennially fresh resource that has stimulated Western thoug\ht …
As conceived [in this book], the Pythagorean tradition ... begins in the sixth century B.C., stretches down to the seventeenth century A.D. and includes major developments in religion, science, and philosophy ... What is attempted [in this book is] a survey of the whole traditio…
This portrait of the Pythagorean tradition includes an account of the neo-Pythagorean revival and ends with Johannes Kepler on the threshold of modernism.
This portrait of the Pythagorean tradition includes an account of the neo-Pythagorean revival and ends with Johannes Kepler on the threshold of modernism.
"Modern scholarly accounts of Greek philosophical history usually exclude women. And yet, from Dixaearchus of Messana to Diogenes Laertius, classical writers record the names of women philosophers from various schools. What is more, pseudonymous treatises and letters (likely dat…
"Modern scholarly accounts of Greek philosophical history usually exclude women. And yet, from Dixaearchus of Messana to Diogenes Laertius, classical writers record the names of women philosophers from various schools. What is more, pseudonymous treatises and letters (likely dat…
Durante siglos, científicos y filósofos han concebido el universo como un mecanismo fijo, matemático y musical. Pero ¿qué significa la Armonía o Música de las esferas?. Este libro intenta dar respuesta a esta pregunta , dice Godwin, "en la medida en que es posible contestar a el…