The Essential Plotinus
The Essential Plotinus

Author: Plotinus

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 1964-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780915144099

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'The Essential Plotinus is a lifesaver. For many years my students in Greek and Roman Religion have depended on it to understand the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The translation is crisp and clear, and the excerpts are just right for an introduction to Plotionus's many-layered view of the world and humankind's place in it' - F. E. Romer, University of Arizona

Plotinos
Plotinos

Author: Plotinus

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019742846

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This book provides readers with a translation of the 22-33 books of Plotinus's Enneads. Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie's translation and analysis of the books provide readers with insight into Plotinus's philosophy and beliefs. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding Plotinus's philosophy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library
The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library

Author: Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 1987-07-01

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1609253949

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This anthology, the largest collection of Pythagorean writings ever to appear in English, contains the four ancient biographies of Pythagoras and over 25 Pythagorean and Neopythagorean writings from the Classical and Hellenistic periods. The material of this book is indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand the real spiritual roots of Western civilization.

Pythagoras
Pythagoras

Author: Kitty Ferguson

Publisher: Icon Books Ltd

Published: 2011-03-03

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1848312504

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This is the story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts. Einstein said that the most incredible thing about our universe was that it was comprehensible at all. As Kitty Ferguson explains, Pythagoras had much the same idea - but 2,500 years earlier. Though known by many only for his famous Theorem, in fact the pillars of our scientific tradition - belief that the universe is rational, that there is unity to all things, and that numbers and mathematics are a powerful guide to truth about nature and the cosmos - hark back to the convictions of this legendary scholar. Kitty Ferguson brilliantly evokes Pythagoras' ancient world of, showing how ideas spread in antiquity, and chronicles the incredible influence he and his followers have had on so many extraordinary people in the history of Western thought and science. 'Pythagoras' influence on the ideas, and therefore on the destiny, of the human race was probably greater than that of any single man before or after him' - Arthur Koestler.