| Uniform title | Nauka, filosofii︠a︡ i religii︠a︡ v rannem pifagoreizme. English |
| Contents |
Introduction : the Pythagorean question : problems, methods, and sources -- The early tradition on Pythagoras and its development -- Biography : sources, facts, and legends -- Who were the Pythagoreans? -- The Pythagorean communities -- Mathematici and Acusmatici : the Pythagorean 'symbols' -- Shamanism and metempsychosis -- Mathematics -- Harmonics and acoustics -- Astronomy -- Medicine and life sciences -- Pythagorean philosophies -- Pythagorean number doctrine in the Academy and Lyceum. |
| Summary |
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 representations of the individual and his followers. |
| General note | Translation of: Nauka, filosofii︠a︡ i religii︠a︡ v rannem pifagoreizme. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012930974 |
| ISBN | 9780199289318 |
| ISBN | 019928931X |
