Plato and Pythagoreanism
| Author | : Phillip Sidney Horky |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780190465704 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0190465700 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Plato and Pythagoreanism by : Phillip Sidney Horky
Download or read book Plato and Pythagoreanism written by Phillip Sidney Horky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Plato a Pythagorean? Plato's students and earliest critics thought so, but later scholars have been more skeptical. Plato and Pythagoreanism reconsiders this question by arguing that a specific type of Pythagorean philosophy, called "mathematical" Pythagoreanism, played a profound role in Plato's philosophy.
