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Iamblichus : on the general science of mathematics

Title
Iamblichus : on the general science of mathematics / translated by John Dillon and J. O. Urmson ; introductory essay by Sebastian Gertz and Richard Sorabji.
Author
Iamblichus, approximately 250-approximately 330
Publication
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

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Additional Authors
  • Dillon, John M.
  • Urmson, J. O.
  • Gertz, Sebastian Ramon Philipp.
  • Sorabji, Richard.
Description
vi, 164 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"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."--
Series Statement
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Uniform Title
Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
Subject
  • Iamblichus, approximately 250-approximately 330
  • Pythagoras and Pythagorean school > Early works to 1800
  • Neoplatonism > Early works to 1800
  • Mathematics, Greek > History
  • Mathematics > Philosophy > History
  • Neoplatonism
  • Mathematics > Philosophy
  • Mathematics, Greek
  • Pythagoras and Pythagorean school
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Early works.
Note
  • Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-135) and indexes.
Language (note)
  • English translation from the Ancient Greek.
Call Number
JFE 21-2871
ISBN
  • 9781350127647
  • 1350127647
  • 9781350127661
  • 1350127663
LCCN
2020939919
OCLC
1180203860
Author
Iamblichus, approximately 250-approximately 330, author.
Title
Iamblichus : on the general science of mathematics / translated by John Dillon and J. O. Urmson ; introductory essay by Sebastian Gertz and Richard Sorabji.
Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-135) and indexes.
Language
English translation from the Ancient Greek.
Added Author
Dillon, John M., translator.
Urmson, J. O., translator.
Gertz, Sebastian Ramon Philipp.
Sorabji, Richard.
Other Form:
ebook version : 9781350127678
Research Call Number
JFE 21-2871
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