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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... requisite to observe, that the Pythagoric life which is here delineated, is a specimen of the greatest perfection in virtue and wisdom, which can be obtained by man in the present state. Hence, it exhibits piety unadulterated with folly ...
... requisite to observe, that the Pythagoric life which is here delineated, is a specimen of the greatest perfection in virtue and wisdom, which can be obtained by man in the present state. Hence, it exhibits piety unadulterated with folly ...
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... requisite to restore his decayed strength. From thence also he arrived safe at the neighbouring lands, constantly preserving the same tranquillity and modesty of behaviour. CHAP. IV. Table of Contents But here, while he frequented all ...
... requisite to restore his decayed strength. From thence also he arrived safe at the neighbouring lands, constantly preserving the same tranquillity and modesty of behaviour. CHAP. IV. Table of Contents But here, while he frequented all ...
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... requisite. Though no one therefore attended to him, and no one was genuinely desirous of those disciplines which he endeavoured by all means to introduce among the Greeks, yet he neither despised nor neglected Samos, because it was his ...
... requisite. Though no one therefore attended to him, and no one was genuinely desirous of those disciplines which he endeavoured by all means to introduce among the Greeks, yet he neither despised nor neglected Samos, because it was his ...
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... requisite, therefore, to labour in order to procure daily necessaries and mortal food, it would not be proper that his attention should be distracted by the abacus, and by stupid and vain pursuits. The youth, however, vehemently ...
... requisite, therefore, to labour in order to procure daily necessaries and mortal food, it would not be proper that his attention should be distracted by the abacus, and by stupid and vain pursuits. The youth, however, vehemently ...
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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