Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life"Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life" by Iamblichus (translated by Thomas Taylor). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format. |
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... knowledge of morality, as will be at once evident by comparing his Nicomachean Ethics with these fragments. With respect to the collection of Pythagoric Sentences in this volume, it is almost needless to observe that they are ...
... knowledge of morality, as will be at once evident by comparing his Nicomachean Ethics with these fragments. With respect to the collection of Pythagoric Sentences in this volume, it is almost needless to observe that they are ...
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... knowledge, and learnt from them the most perfect worship of the Gods. Through their assistance likewise, he arrived at the summit of arithmetic, music, and other disciplines; and after associating with them twelve years, he returned to ...
... knowledge, and learnt from them the most perfect worship of the Gods. Through their assistance likewise, he arrived at the summit of arithmetic, music, and other disciplines; and after associating with them twelve years, he returned to ...
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... knowledge of theorems of small importance; but Pythagoras gave completion to the science of the celestial orbs, and unfolded the whole of it by arithmetical and geometrical demonstrations. He is, however, to be admired in a still ...
... knowledge of theorems of small importance; but Pythagoras gave completion to the science of the celestial orbs, and unfolded the whole of it by arithmetical and geometrical demonstrations. He is, however, to be admired in a still ...
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Abaris abstain according adapted afterwards all-various ancient anger animals Apollo ARCHYTAS Aristoxenus asserted associates beautiful become body called cathartic cause celestial CHAP Charondas chord conceived concerning conformable consequence Crotonians dæmons deliberate choice Democedes Demophilus denominated desire diapason diapente diatessaron disciples disciplines discourse divine dogmas duad endeavoured energies Epimenides erudition especially Eurytus excellent exhorted farther felicity fortitude friendship Gods greatest happened Hence Hippasus honor human Iamblichus impartible intellect irrational justice kind likewise Metapontum monad multitude nature necessary observed participation passions perfect pertaining Philolaus philosophy Phintias Plato possess precepts principle Proclus produced proper Protreptics prudence purified Pythagoras Pythagoreans ratio reasoning power received requisite respect sacred sake says semitone sentences SENTENCES OF SEXTUS sesquialter sesquitertian signifies similar manner soul sound Stob subsists summit Sybaris Symbol symphony Table of Contents Tarentum temperance temple tetractys tetrad things Timycha translation TREATISE unfolded virtue whole wisdom worthy