Philolaus of Croton: Pythagorean and Presocratic
A Commentary on the Fragments and Testimonia with Interpretive Essays
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 22 July 1993
- ISBN 9780521415255
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages468 pages
- Size 236x158x32 mm
- Weight 832 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 b/w illus. 0
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This is the first comprehensive study for nearly 200 years of what remains of the writings of the Presocratic philosopher Philolaus of Croton (470-390 BC).
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This is the first comprehensive study for nearly 200 years of what remains of the writings of the Presocratic philosopher Philolaus of Croton (c. 470-385 BC). These fragments are crucial to our understanding of one of the most influential schools of ancient philosophy, the Pythagoreans; they also show close ties with the main lines of development of Presocratic thought, and represent a significant response to thinkers such as Parmenides and Anaxagoras. Professor Huffman presents the fragments and testimonia (including the spurious fragments in a separate section for reference) with accompanying translations and introductory chapters and interpretive commentary. He not only produces further argument for the authenticity of much that used to be neglected, but also undertakes a critique of Aristotle's testimony, opening the way for a quite new reading of fifth-century Pythagoreanism in general and of Philolaus in particular. Philolaus is revealed as a serious natural philosopher.
"...rich and rewarding...The book is clearly a labor of love, and Huffman does his best to give us a Philolaus who has important and intelligent things to say; but he is not blind to faults, honestly pointing out difficulties and obscurities where they occur in Philolaus' thought. 'Important' is a term that is used far too often in book reviews; but this is an important book; it has been a long time since 1819 [when the first book devoted to Philolaus alone was published], but Carl Huffman's Philolaus of Croton: Pythagorean and Presocratic has been worth waiting for." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Table of Contents:
Part I. Introduction: 1. Life and writings; 2. Authenticity; Part II. Philolaus' Philosophy: 3. Limiters and unlimiteds; 4. Number and Harmonia; 5. Philolaus' use of archai and the method of hypothesis; Part III. Genuine Fragments and Testimonia: 6. Basic principles; 7. Epistemology; 8. Cosmogony; 9. Astronomy; 10. Embryology and medicine; 11. Soul and psychic faculties; 12. Miscellaneous genuine fragments and testimonia; Part IV. Spurious or Doubtful Fragments and Testimonia: 13. The world soul; 14. Fragments and testimonia on number; 15. Fragments and testimonia on music; 16. Gods and angles; 17. Fragments and testimonia on cosmology; 18. Fragments on soul; 19. Miscellaneous fragments and testimonia; Bibliography; Indexes.
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