The pythagorean sourcebook and library : an anthology of ancient writings which relate to Pythagoras and pythagorean philosophy / compiled and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie ; with additional translation by Thomas Taylor and Arthur Fairbanks Jr ; i…
- Id. interne:
- b5246a1c
- Auteurs:
- Fideler, David R. ; Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan ; Taylor, Thomas ; Fairbanks Jr, Arthur ; Godwin, Joscelyn
- Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Phanes Press, 1987, 361 p.
- Année:
- 1987
Note
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« This anthology is based on Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie’s “ Pythagorean source book and library ”, issued in a very small printing by the Platonist Pr. between 1919 and 1920. Guthrie’s edition contained his own translations of ancient Greek writings in addition to edited versions of writingd initially translated by Thomas Taylor. […] In editing this work I have repaired some awkward phrasings and have checked all of Guthrie’s renditions against other translations […]. In addition to containing all the texts of Guthrie’s original edition, much new material has been added as well : additional translations by Arthur Fairbanks, four new appendices, illustrations, an index, a large bibliography, and a new foreword and introduction. » (p. 17). Traduction en anglais. — Notes. Bibliogr. p. 335-353. Indices. - ill. - carte. - frontispice. — En appendice : « How many tetraktys are there ? by Theon of Smyrna », p. 317-319 (transl. by Robert and Deborah Lawlor, San Diego : Wizards bookshelf, 1979). « The pythagorean titles of the first ten numbers : from the theology of numbers by Iamblichus », p. 321-324 (transl. by D. R. Fideler). « The formation and ratios of the pythagorean scale » by D. R. Fideler, p. 327-328. « A summary of pythagorean mathematical discoveries » by Thomas Heath (from « History of Greek mathematics », I, p. 166-169), p. 329-331.