Aristoxenus of Tarentum: The Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life) An Edition of and Commentary on the Fragments with an Introduction
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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
6 - The Relationship of the Pythagorean Precepts to Aristoxenus’ Other Works on the Pythagoreans
from Part I - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2019
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Book contents
- 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
Five different titles for works on the Pythagoreans by Aristoxenus have been preserved in the ancient tradition: The Life of Pythagoras, On Pythagoras and His Associates, On the Pythagorean Way of Life, Pythagorean Precepts and The Life of Archytas. Certainly our evidence for these titles is very meager and it is possible that some of these are different names for the same book or that Aristoxenus wrote other books on the Pythagoreans whose titles have not been preserved.
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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. 39 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019