Pythagoras: His life, his teachings, his posterity.
The Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 26210 |
| Format | 12 x 19 |
| Détails | 325 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251453958 |
Pythagoras haunts the contemporary imagination, without, however, representing much more than a name associated with
mathematical discoveries. Yet, for the ancients, Pythagoras was one of the essential sages. He is even said to have invented the word "philosophy." In this precise and accessible study, Christoph Riedweg traces the possible contours of this figure surrounded by legends and stories accumulated throughout Antiquity.
He thus brings out the probable traits of his personality, the components of his thought like that of his successors and paints a portrait of the sect that he founded in Southern Italy in the last third of the 6th century. century BC. From the philosophical approach combined with history and sociology, a possible description of the life of Pythagoras, his teaching, but also his posterity up to the present day results.
Pythagoras haunts the contemporary imagination, without, however, representing much more than a name associated with
mathematical discoveries. Yet, for the ancients, Pythagoras was one of the essential sages. He is even said to have invented the word "philosophy." In this precise and accessible study, Christoph Riedweg traces the possible contours of this figure surrounded by legends and stories accumulated throughout Antiquity.
He thus brings out the probable traits of his personality, the components of his thought like that of his successors and paints a portrait of the sect that he founded in Southern Italy in the last third of the 6th century. century BC. From the philosophical approach combined with history and sociology, a possible description of the life of Pythagoras, his teaching, but also his posterity up to the present day results.