This is the first comprehensive study for nearly 200 years of what remains of the writings of the Presocratic philosopher Philolaus of Croton (470-390 B.C.). Professor Huffman presents the fragments and testimonia with accompanying translations and introductory chapters and interpretive commentary. He produces further arguments for the authenticity of much that used to be neglected, and undertakes a critique of Aristotle's testimony, opening the way for a quite new reading of fifth-century Pythagoreanism in general and of Philolaus in particular.
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"...rich and rewarding...The book is clearly a labor of love, and Huffman does his best to give us a Philolaus who has important and intelligent things to say; but he is not blind to faults, honestly pointing out difficulties and obscurities where they occur in Philolaus' thought. 'Important' is a term that is used far too often in book reviews; but this is an important book; it has been a long time since 1819 [when the first book devoted to Philolaus alone was published], but Carl Huffman's Philolaus of Croton: Pythagorean and Presocratic has been worth waiting for." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"...an outstanding work...Huffman's views on Philolaus' mathematical orientation are exciting and deserve special attention..." Luis Vega, Mathematical Reviews
"Huffman's book is, without question, a major contribution to Presocratic studies. As a result of the many richly detailed and extremely well-argued analyses of the fragments Huffman has produced we now have solid grounds for dating a sizeable portion of the Philolaus material (roughly a third of the standard texts) to the second half of the fifth century BCE. More importantly, Huffman's excellent study will almost certainly stimulate further exploration of Philolaus' role in the debates that characterized Presocratic thought, arguably the only truly seminal period in the history of Western philosophy." J.H. Lesher, Ancient Philosophy
"Huffman's splendid new book is the most important investigation of Pythagoreanism since the (already) classic study by Walter Burkert,Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism...." The Review of Metaphysics
"...Huffman has produced a major contribution to early Greek thought. All research libraries and all students of the pre-Socratics will want to own this book." David Sider, Classical World
"...an outstanding work...Huffman's views on Philolaus' mathematical orientation are exciting and deserve special attention..." Luis Vega, Mathematical Reviews
"Huffman's book is, without question, a major contribution to Presocratic studies. As a result of the many richly detailed and extremely well-argued analyses of the fragments Huffman has produced we now have solid grounds for dating a sizeable portion of the Philolaus material (roughly a third of the standard texts) to the second half of the fifth century BCE. More importantly, Huffman's excellent study will almost certainly stimulate further exploration of Philolaus' role in the debates that characterized Presocratic thought, arguably the only truly seminal period in the history of Western philosophy." J.H. Lesher, Ancient Philosophy
"Huffman's splendid new book is the most important investigation of Pythagoreanism since the (already) classic study by Walter Burkert,Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism...." The Review of Metaphysics
"...Huffman has produced a major contribution to early Greek thought. All research libraries and all students of the pre-Socratics will want to own this book." David Sider, Classical World
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Original Language: Greek
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Scholarship on the Presocratics has, in recent years, restored to Democritus some of the reputation that he lacked in the ancient world but Philolaus still resides in a limbo uncertainty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Hippocrates of Chios, Anonymus Londinensis, Timaeus Locrus, Plato's Phaedo, Diogenes of Apollonia, Kai Twv, Philolaus the Pythagorean, Plato's Timaeus, Alexander Polyhistor, Sextus Empiricus, Claudianus Mamertus, Demetrius of Magnesia, Diogenes Laertius, Herodorus of Heraclea, Eudemian Ethics, Heraclides of Pontus, Oenopides of Chios New!
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Scholarship on the Presocratics has, in recent years, restored to Democritus some of the reputation that he lacked in the ancient world but Philolaus still resides in a limbo uncertainty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first thing fitted, basic elemental powers, smaller semitone, caelo passage, unlimited constituents, two dieses, doctrine that all things, arithmetical unit, pebble arithmetic, indefinite dyad, concordant intervals, spurious fragments, unlimited elements, doxographical tradition, derivation sequence, unlimited things, genuine fragments, geometric harmony, genuine book, lunar water, spherical cosmos, limiting things, moon creatures, astronomical system, central fire Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hippocrates of Chios, Anonymus Londinensis, Timaeus Locrus, Plato's Phaedo, Diogenes of Apollonia, Kai Twv, Philolaus the Pythagorean, Plato's Timaeus, Alexander Polyhistor, Sextus Empiricus, Claudianus Mamertus, Demetrius of Magnesia, Diogenes Laertius, Herodorus of Heraclea, Eudemian Ethics, Heraclides of Pontus, Oenopides of Chios New!
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