Pythagoras Revived

Mathematics and philosophy in Late Antiquity

This book uses some newly-discovered evidence to examine for the first time the theories of the neoplatonist philosophers of the 4th and 5th centuries. They developed theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models, inspired by Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understandin...

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Author:Dominic J. O'Meara
Published: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989
Total Pages:264
Format:Book
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > General studies > Neo-platonism
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Pythagorism > Pythagoras
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Summary:This book uses some newly-discovered evidence to examine for the first time the theories of the neoplatonist philosophers of the 4th and 5th centuries. They developed theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models, inspired by Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality. Their theories have important implications for our understanding of medieval and early modern philosophy.

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