L'harmonie des Sirènes du pythagorisme ancien à Platon

ISBN-13: 9781501510861 / Francuski / Twarda / 2015 / 272 str.

Irini-Fotini Viltanioti (University of Oxford)

Opis

The Pythagorean theory of the Harmony of the Spheres has been influential in the history of philosophy and science. While much ink has been spilt over its scientific implications, its mythological formulation has not yet received serious scholarly attention. This groundbreaking book fills that gap by offering a sustained study of the theory s mythological rendition in Plato s Republic and in Iamblichus On the Pythagorean Way of Life. "

Recenzje

"The stimulating study concludes with a brief Epilogue on the role of the Sirens in Christian literature (pp. 178-180) and with an Appendix on the connection between Apollo and Pythagoras as well as between Abaris and Pythagoras (pp. 181-189)." Jan N. Bremmer in: EIRENE. STUDIA GRAECA ET LATINA, LV, 2019, 327-328