On the general science of mathematics
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On the general science of mathematics
（Ancient commentators on Aristotle）
Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
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De communi mathematica scientia
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Bibliography: p. [133]-135
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Description
On the General Science of Mathematics is the third of four surviving works out of ten by Iamblichus (c. 245 CE-early 320s) on the Pythagoreans. He thought the Pythagoreans had treated mathematics as essential for drawing the human soul upwards to higher realms described by Plato, and downwards to understand the physical cosmos, the products of arts and crafts and the order required for an ethical life.
His Pythagorean treatises use edited quotation to re-tell the history of philosophy, presenting Plato and Aristotle as passing on the ideas invented by Pythagoras and his early followers. Although his quotations tend to come instead from Plato and later Pythagoreanising Platonists, this re-interpretation had a huge impact on the Neoplatonist commentators in Athens. Iamblichus' cleverness, if not to the same extent his re-interpretation, was appreciated by the commentators in Alexandria.
Table of Contents
Preface Richard Sorabji
Conventions
Abbreviations
Introduction Sebastian Gertz
Iamblichus' Projects and Genres Richard Sorabji
Textual Emendations
Translation
Notes
Bibliography
English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Index of Passages
Subject Index
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