Life of Pythagoras (De Vita Pythagorica)
- Language:
- English
- Status:
- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Extent:
- ~110,000 words · 525 passages
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- APAIamblichus. (n.d.). Life of Pythagoras (De Vita Pythagorica). Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/iamblichus/life-of-pythagoras-de-vita-pythagorica
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What it is about
Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras.
Context and history
Written around 300, nearly eight hundred years after its subject, as the first book of an introduction to Pythagorean philosophy. **It should be read knowing that**: it is not a biography but an exemplary life, and much of the Pythagoras Western culture inherited — the community, the precepts, the marvels — comes from here rather than from any contemporary source.
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