Pythagorean knowledge from the ancient to the modern world: askesis, religion, science
In both ancient tradition and modern research Pythagoreanism has been understood as a religious sect or as a philosophical and scientific community. Numerous attempts have been made to reconcile these pictures as well as to analyze them separately. The most recent scholarship compartmentalizes diffe...
| Published in: | Episteme in Bewegung |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Wiesbaden
Harrassowitz Verlag
2016
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| In: |
Episteme in Bewegung (Band 4)
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Pythagorean knowledge from the ancient to the modern world: askesis, religion, science] (2020) (Schreiner, Sonja, 1976 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Episteme in Bewegung
Band 4 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pythagoreans
/ Philosophy
/ Religion
/ Science
/ Culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Pythagoras
Influence Congresses
B Collection of essays B Philosophy, Ancient Congresses B Pythagoras and Pythagorean school Congresses B Conference program |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Rights Information: | InC 1.0 |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | In both ancient tradition and modern research Pythagoreanism has been understood as a religious sect or as a philosophical and scientific community. Numerous attempts have been made to reconcile these pictures as well as to analyze them separately. The most recent scholarship compartmentalizes different facets of Pythagorean knowledge, but this offers no context for exploring their origins, development, and interdependence. This collection aims to reverse this trend, addressing connections between the different fields of Pythagorean knowledge, such as eschatology, metempsychosis, metaphysics, epistemology, arithmology and numerology, music, dietetics and medicine as well as politics. In particular, the contributions discuss how the Pythagorean way of life related to more doctrinal aspects of knowledge, such as Pythagorean religion and science. The volume explores the effects of this interdependence between different kinds of knowledge both within the Pythagorean corpus and in its later reception. Chapters cover historical periods from the Archaic Period (6th century BC) to Neoplatonism, Early Christianity, the European and Arabic Middle Ages, and the Renaissance through to the Early Modern Period (17th century AD) |
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| ISBN: | 3447195126 |