In this paper the author discusses the Pythagorean way of life as pictured by Aristoxenus and Timaeus of Tauromenium. Both had a profound knowledge of Pythagoreanism, but the former took a polemical stance against the Pythagoreans of his times by contrasting them with Pythagoras himself, while the latter had no knowledge of Pythagoreanism from the inside, although his contribution to understanding the Pythagorean hetaireiai appears to be especially important, as, for instance, his reflections on the saying koina ta ton philon clearly show.

Aristoxenus and Timaeus on the pythagorean way of life

Giangiulio, Maurizio
2016-01-01

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In this paper the author discusses the Pythagorean way of life as pictured by Aristoxenus and Timaeus of Tauromenium. Both had a profound knowledge of Pythagoreanism, but the former took a polemical stance against the Pythagoreans of his times by contrasting them with Pythagoras himself, while the latter had no knowledge of Pythagoreanism from the inside, although his contribution to understanding the Pythagorean hetaireiai appears to be especially important, as, for instance, his reflections on the saying koina ta ton philon clearly show.
2016
Pythagorean Knowledge from the Ancient to the Modern World: Askesis, Religion, Science
Wiesbaden
Harrassowitz Verlag
9783447105941
Giangiulio, Maurizio
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