Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity by Dominic J. O'Meara

Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity

Dominic J. O'Meara

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The Pythagorean idea that number is the key to understanding reality inspired philosophers in the fourth and fifth centuries to develop theories in physics and metaphysics using mathematical models. These theories were to become influential in med...

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