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- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Evidence for the Work: the Excerpts Preserved in Stobaeus
- 2 The Title and Nature of the Work
- 3 The Format and Style of the Work
- 4 Fragments of the Pythagorean Precepts Preserved in Iamblichus’ On the Pythagorean Way of Life
- 5 A Comparison of Stobaeus’ and Iamblichus’ Evidence for the Pythagorean Precepts
- 6 The Relationship of the Pythagorean Precepts to Aristoxenus’ Other Works on the Pythagoreans
- 7 The Influence of the Pythagorean Precepts on the Later Pythagorean Tradition
- 8 History of Scholarship on the Pythagorean Precepts
- 9 The Standard View of the Pythagorean Precepts
- 10 The Ethical System of the Pythagorean Precepts
- Part II Fragments with Translation and Commentary
- Appendices
- Concordance with the Fragment Numbers in Wehrli’s Edition
- Bibliography
- Select Index of Greek Words and Phrases Discussed
- Index Locorum
- General Index
4 - Fragments of the Pythagorean Precepts Preserved in Iamblichus’ On the Pythagorean Way of Life
from Part I - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2019
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Evidence for the Work: the Excerpts Preserved in Stobaeus
- 2 The Title and Nature of the Work
- 3 The Format and Style of the Work
- 4 Fragments of the Pythagorean Precepts Preserved in Iamblichus’ On the Pythagorean Way of Life
- 5 A Comparison of Stobaeus’ and Iamblichus’ Evidence for the Pythagorean Precepts
- 6 The Relationship of the Pythagorean Precepts to Aristoxenus’ Other Works on the Pythagoreans
- 7 The Influence of the Pythagorean Precepts on the Later Pythagorean Tradition
- 8 History of Scholarship on the Pythagorean Precepts
- 9 The Standard View of the Pythagorean Precepts
- 10 The Ethical System of the Pythagorean Precepts
- Part II Fragments with Translation and Commentary
- Appendices
- Concordance with the Fragment Numbers in Wehrli’s Edition
- Bibliography
- Select Index of Greek Words and Phrases Discussed
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
It has long been recognized that sections of the fragments identified as from Aristoxenus’ Pythagorean Precepts by Stobaeus are preserved, sometimes word for word and sometimes with minor changes, in Iamblichus’ On the Pythagorean Way of Life. Iamblichus gives no indication that he is drawing on the Precepts in these cases, but Iamblichus’ general procedure in all of his works is not to identify explicitly the sources on which he is drawing. A clear example is the first sentence of fragment 2, which is derived from Stobaeus and which is repeated word for word but without attribution in section 175 of Iamblichus’ On the Pythagorean Way of Life.
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- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: The Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)An Edition of and Commentary on the Fragments with an Introduction, pp. 14 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019