The Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality inspired Neoplatonist philosophers in the fourth and fifth centuries to develop theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models. The theories produced by this revived interest in Pythagoreanism were to become influential in medieval and early modern philosophy, and this book makes use of some newly-discovered evidence to examine for the first time the development of those theories.
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Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity

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ISBN
9780191519802
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
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Engelsk
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Digital bok