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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... wisdom, and particularly to those who reverence the doctrines of Plato, the most genuine and the best of all his disciples. And that the following memoirs of Pythagoras by Iamblichus are authentic, is acknowledged by all the critics, as ...
... wisdom, and particularly to those who reverence the doctrines of Plato, the most genuine and the best of all his disciples. And that the following memoirs of Pythagoras by Iamblichus are authentic, is acknowledged by all the critics, as ...
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... wisdom, which so plentifully flowed from the sacred fountain of his wonderful mind. Among these was Sopater the Syrian,[4] who was most skilful both in speaking and writing; Eustathius the Cappadocian; and of the Greeks, Theodorus and ...
... wisdom, which so plentifully flowed from the sacred fountain of his wonderful mind. Among these was Sopater the Syrian,[4] who was most skilful both in speaking and writing; Eustathius the Cappadocian; and of the Greeks, Theodorus and ...
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... wisdom, which can be obtained by man in the present state. Hence, it exhibits piety unadulterated with folly, moral virtue uncontaminated with vice, science unmingled with sophistry, dignity of mind and manners unaccompanied with pride ...
... wisdom, which can be obtained by man in the present state. Hence, it exhibits piety unadulterated with folly, moral virtue uncontaminated with vice, science unmingled with sophistry, dignity of mind and manners unaccompanied with pride ...
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... wisdom and renown. This Ancæus, therefore, was ordered by the Pythian oracle to form a colony from Arcadia and Thessaly; and that besides this, taking with him some of the inhabitants of Athens, Epidaurus, and Chalcis, and placing ...
... wisdom and renown. This Ancæus, therefore, was ordered by the Pythian oracle to form a colony from Arcadia and Thessaly; and that besides this, taking with him some of the inhabitants of Athens, Epidaurus, and Chalcis, and placing ...
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... wisdom all that ever lived , and who would be of the greatest advantage to the human race in every thing pertaining to the life of man . But , when Mnesarchus considered with himself , that the God , without being interrogated ...
... wisdom all that ever lived , and who would be of the greatest advantage to the human race in every thing pertaining to the life of man . But , when Mnesarchus considered with himself , that the God , without being interrogated ...
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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