The Golden Chain by Uzdavinys, Algis -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

FOREWORD INTRODUCTION PART I TRADITIONAL ACCOUNTS ON THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF PYTHAGORAS

1. Anonymous The Life of Pythagoras 2. Diogenes Laertius The Life of Pythagoras 3. Porphyry The Life of Pythagoras 4. Iamblichus On the Pythagorean Life

PART II TESTIMONIES OF PYTHAGOREAN AND NEOPYTHAGOREAN TRADITION

1. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras 2. Pythagorean Sentences

3. Fragments of Philolaus 4. Pythagorean Pseudepigrapha

i. The Fragments of Archytas ii. Timaeus of Locri On the World and the Soul iii. Theages On the Virtues iv. Euryphamus Concerning Human Life v. Crito On Prudence and Prosperity

PART III PLATO: PHILOSOPHY AS THE REGROWTH OF WINGS

Plato’s Dialogues and Letters

i. Seventh Letter 342c–344d ii. Timaeus 27c–31b iii. Phaedrus 244a–253c iv. Phaedo 66b–69d v. Theaetetus 155d–155e vi. Symposium 201c–204b

PART IV NEOPLATONIC HERMENEUTICS AND THE WAY TO GOD

1. Porphyry On the Life of Plotinus 2. Plotinus Enneads 3. Porphyry Letter to Marcella 4. Iamblichus Exhortation to Philosophy 5. Iamblichus On the Mysteries of the Egyptians 6. Hierocles Commentary on the Golden Verses 7. Hermeias Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus 8. Marinus Proclus or About Happiness 9. Proclus Commentary on Plato’s Alcibiades I 10. Proclus Theology of Plato 11. Proclus Commentary on the Timaeus of Plato 12. Proclus Commentary on the Chaldean Oracles 13. Proclus Commentary on Plato’s Parmenides 14. Damascius Commentary on Plato’s Phaedo 15. Damascius On the First Principles

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