A History of Pythagoreanism

Carl A. Huffman is Research Professor and Emeritus Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University. He is author of Archytas of Tarentum: Pythagorean, Philosopher, and Mathematician King (2005) and Philolaus of Croton: Pythagorean and Presocratic (1993).

• Introduction Carl A. Huffman; 1. Pythagoras Geoffrey Lloyd; 2. Philolaus Daniel W. Graham; 3. Archytas Malcolm Schofield; 4. Sixth-, fifth- and fourth-century Pythagoreans Leonid Zhmud; 5. The Pythagorean Society and politics Catherine Rowett; 6. The Pythagorean way of life and Pythagorean ethics M. Laura Gemelli Marciano; 7. Pythagoreans, Orphism and Greek religion Gábor Betegh; 8. The problem of Pythagorean mathematics Reviel Netz; 9. Pythagorean harmonics Andrew Barker; 10. The Pythagoreans and Plato John Palmer; 11. Aristotle on the 'so-called Pythagoreans': from lore to principles Oliver Primavesi; 12. Pythagoreanism in the academic tradition: the early Academy to Numenius John Dillon; 13. The Peripatetics on the Pythagoreans Carl A. Huffman; 14. Pythagoras in the historical tradition: from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus Stefan Schorn; 15. The pseudo-Pythagorean writings Bruno Centrone; 16. From Nigidius Figulus to Alexander of Abonouteichos: Pythagoreans in Rome and Asia Minor around the turn of the Common Era Jaap-Jan Flinterman; 17. Diogenes Laertius' Life of Pythagoras André Laks; 18. Porphyry's Life of Pythagoras Constantinos Macris; 19. Iamblichus' On the Pythagorean Life in context Dominic J. O'Meara; 20. Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages Andrew Hicks; 21. Pythagoras in the early Renaissance Michael J. B. Allen.

'… The book is remarkably comprehensive in its scope, and each chapter serves as a summary of primary texts and secondary scholarship on each respective subject. As a result, the volume is an excellent resource for specialists and novices alike. Anyone interested in the history of philosophy, of mathematics, of music and harmonics, or of the Pythagorean tradition as a whole should utilize this volume.' Justin M. Rogers, Bryn Mawr Classical Review