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Index
Cover
Title Page
Map
Contents
Lifetimes and Other Significant Dates
Dedication
Part I: Sixth Century B.C.
0. “At the hinge of legend and history”
1. The Long-haired Samian
2. “Entirely different from the institutions of the Greeks”
3. “Among them was a man of immense knowledge”
4. “My true race is of Heaven”
5. “All things known have number”
6. “The Famous Figure of Pythagoras”
Part II: Fifth Century B.C.–Seventh Century A.D.
7. A Book by Philolaus the Pythagorean
8. Plato’s Search for Pythagoras
9. “The ancients, our superiors, who dwelt nearer to the gods, have passed this word on to us”
10. From Aristotle to Euclid
11. The Roman Pythagoras
12. Through Neo-Pythagorean and Ptolemaic Eyes
13. The Wrap-up of Antiquity
Part III: Eighth–Twenty-First Centuries A.D.
14. “Dwarfs on the shoulders of giants”: Pythagoras in the Middle Ages
15. “Wherein Nature shows herself most excellent and complete”
16. “While the morning stars sang together”: Johannes Kepler
17. Enlightened and Illuminated
18. Janus Face
19. The Labyrinths of Simplicity
Notes
Chapter 1: The Long-haired Samian
Chapter 2: “Entirely different from the institutions of the Greeks”
Chapter 3: “Among them was a man of immense knowledge”
Chapter 4: “My true race is of Heaven”
Chapter 5: “All things known have number”
Chapter 6: “The famous figure of Pythagoras”
Chapter 7: A Book by Philolaus the Pythagorean
Chapter 8: Plato’s Search for Pythagoras
Chapter 9: “The ancients, our superiors . . .”
Chapter 10: From Aristotle to Euclid
Chapter 11: The Roman Pythagoras
Chapter 12: Through Neo-Pythagorean and Ptolemaic Eyes
Chapter 13: The Wrap-up of Antiquity
Chapter 14: “Dwarfs on the Shoulders of Giants”
Chapter 15: “Wherein Nature shows herself most
Chapter 16: “While the morning stars sang together”
Chapter 17: Enlightened and Illuminated
Chapter 18: Janus Face
Chapter 19: The Labyrinths of Simplicity
Appendix
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Author
By the Same Author
Imprint
Footnotes
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