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Zhmud Leonid |
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Pythagoras and the early Pythagoreans [[electronic resource] /] / Leonid Zhmud; translated from Russian by Kevin Windle and Rosh Ireland |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-77742-7 |
9786613687814 |
0-19-162638-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (516 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WindleKevin <1947-> |
IrelandRosh |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pythagoras and Pythagorean school |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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