Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Phil
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Dominic J. O'Meara
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Library
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1991
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Oxford University Press, USA
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English
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The Pythagorean idea that numbers are the key to understanding reality inspired philosophers in late Antiquity (4th and 5th centuries A.D.) to develop theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models. This book draws on some newly discovered evidence, including fragments of Iamblichu