224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1979, Pythagoras aims to make available to a wide range of readers the events of Pythagoras’s life and his theories, and to present him not primarily as a mathematician and scientific genius nor as a poetical and mystical phenomenon but as a man of his times subject to diverse influences. Today, Pythagoras is best remembered as a mathematician and for his mystical religious... Read more
Introduction 1. Origins 2. The Philosophers 3. Egypt and Babylon 4. Return and Exile 5. Magna Graecia 6. The Society 7. Mystical Numbers 8. The Cosmic Music 9. The Final Year 10. The Heritage of Pythagoras Notes Select Bibliography Index
Biography
Peter Gorman
