Iamblichus: On the General Science of Mathematics

Informationen zum Autor John Dillon is Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. J.O. Urmson was Tutor in Philosophy at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK, and Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Stanford University, USA. Klappentext On the General Science of Mathematics is the third of four surviving works out of ten by Iamblichus (c. 245 CE-early 320s) on the Pythagoreans. He thought the Pythagoreans had treated mathematics as essential for drawing the human soul upwards to higher realms described by Plato, and downwards to understand the physical cosmos, the products of arts and crafts and the order required for an ethical life. His Pythagorean treatises use edited quotation to re-tell the history of philosophy, presenting Plato and Aristotle as passing on the ideas invented by Pythagoras and his early followers. Although his quotations tend to come instead from Plato and later Pythagoreanising Platonists, this re-interpretation had a huge impact on the Neoplatonist commentators in Athens. Iamblichus' cleverness, if not to the same extent his re-interpretation, was appreciated by the commentators in Alexandria.A translation of ancient philosophical introductions accompanied by extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes. Zusammenfassung A translation of ancient philosophical introductions accompanied by extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Richard Sorabji Conventions Abbreviations Introduction Sebastian Gertz Iamblichus' Projects and Genres Richard Sorabji Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Subject Index

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• Authors: John Dillon, Sebastian Gertz, J O Urmson, URMSON J O
• Assisted by: John Dillon (Editor), John (Trinity College Dublin Dillon (Editor), Sebastian Gertz (Editor), Sebastian (Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at King's College London Gertz (Editor), J. O. Urmson (Editor), J.O. Urmson (Editor), J.O. (Late of University of Oxford Urmson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781350127647
• ISBN: 978-1-350-12764-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries