Aristoxenus of Tarentum: The Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life) (eBook, ePUB)

An Edition of and Commentary on the Fragments with an Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

The Pythagorean Precepts by Aristotle's pupil, Aristoxenus of Tarentum, present the principles of the Pythagorean way of life that Plato praised in the Republic. They are our best guide to what it meant to be a Pythagorean in the time of Plato and Aristotle. The Precepts have been neglected in modern scholarship and this is the first full edition and translation of and commentary on all the surviving fragments. The introduction provides an accessible overview of the ethical system of the Precepts and their place not only in the Pythagorean tradition but also in the history of Greek ethics as a whole. The Pythagoreans thought that human beings were by nature insolent and excessive and that they could only be saved from themselves if they followed a strictly structured way of life. The Precepts govern every aspect of life, such as procreation, abortion, child rearing, friendship, religion, desire and even diet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108614191
• Artikelnr.: 62738468

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Evidence for the work: the excerpts preserved in
Stobaeus; 2. Title and nature of the work; 3. Format and style of the work;
4. Fragments of the Pythagorean Precepts preserved in Iamblichus' On the
Pythagorean Way of Life; 5. A comparison of Stobaeus' and Iamblichus'
evidence for the Pythagorean Precepts; 6. Relationship of the Pythagorean
Precepts to Aristoxenus' other works on the Pythagoreans; 7. The influence
of the Pythagorean Precepts on the later Pythagorean tradition; 8. History
of scholarship on the Pythagorean Precepts; 9. The standard view of the
Pythagorean Precepts; 10. The ethical system of the Pythagorean Precepts;
Part II. Fragments with Translation and Commentary: 11. The Pythagorean
Precepts: a reconstructed text in English; 12. Fragment 1: obedience to
parents and the laws (fr. 34 Wehrli = Stobaeus, 4.25.45); 13. Fragment 2:
the importance of order and supervision for every age of life (fr. 35
Wehrli = Stobaeus, 4.1.49); 14. Fragment 3: desire (fr. 37 Wehrli =
Stobaeus, 3.10.66); 15. Fragment 4: the generation of children (fr. 39
Wehrli = Stobaeus, 4.37.4); 16. Fragment 5: the love of what is beautiful
and fine (fr. 40 Wehrli = Stobaeus, 3.1.101); 17. Fragment 6: learning must
be willing (fr. 36 Wehrli = Stobaeus, 2.31.119); 18. Fragment 7: luck (fr.
41 Wehrli = Stobaeus, 1.6.18); 19. Fragment 8: human nature is prone to
excess and needs the supervision of the gods, parents and laws (fr. 33
Wehrli, Iamblichus, VP 174-6); 20. Fragment 9: opinion, the training of
children and young people, pleasure, desire, diet, and the generation of
children (fr. 38 Wehrli, Iamblichus, VP 200-13); 21. Fragment 10: the
appropriate and the inappropriate in human interaction. On starting points
and rulers (Iamblichus, VP 180-3); 22. Fragment 11: friendship (Iamblichus,
VP 101-2, 230-3); Part III. Appendices: 23. Subsidiary Precepts 1: avoid
crowds in the morning, and 2: avoid hunting (Iamblichus, VP 96-100); 24.
Subsidiary Precept 3: memory (Iamblichus, VP 164); 25. Subsidiary Precept
4: all sex is harmful (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 10.9.3); 26.
Stobaeus, Eclogae 3.1.71: divination, medicine, and music.