Carl A Huffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5638913 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carl A Huffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carl A |
| FAMILY NAME | Huffman |
| SIGNATURE | HUFFMAN C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePauw University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Aristoxenus of Tarentum: The Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
The Pythagorean Precepts by Aristotle's pupil, Aristoxenus of Tarentum, present the principles of the Pythagorean way of life that Plato praised in the Republic. They are our best guide to what it meant to be a Pythagorean in the time of Plato and Aristotle. The Precepts have been neglected in modern scholarship and this is the first full edition and translation of and commentary on all the surviving fragments. The introduction provides an access…
Aristoxenus of Tarentum
Pythagoras and Isis
In this article I want to clarify the text of one of the short maxims assigned to Pythagoras in the ancient tradition, which are known as symbola or acusmata . Before I turn to the acusma in question, it is important to understand the context in which it appears. It occurs in Chapter 17 of Book 4 of Aelian's Historical Miscellany (ποικίλη ἱστορία). Aelian's work was written in the early third century a.d. in Rome, and is a ‘miscellaneous collecti…
Aristoxenus’ Life of Socrates
Scholars attempting to discover the historical Socrates have relied mostly on Plato with a bow towards Xenophon and a glance at Aristophanes. Guthrie describes Aristoxenus as a "curiously sour character", whose account is gossipy and "bears the marks of malice and scandal". Burnet refers to "the scandal-monger Aristoxenus". Even scholars such as Fitton and Bicknell who argue that Aristoxenus is correct in his account of Socrates and on specific p…
Aristoxenus of Tarentum
The Peripatetics on the Pythagoreans
The Peripatetic view of Pythagoras mirrors the split in the tradition that was present in the earliest sources: Aristoxenus of Tarentum follow Empedocles in being overwhelmingly positive, whereas Dicaearchus and Hieronymus are heirs to Heraclitus' bitter critique. In terms of amount of material, the Peripatetics put greatest emphasis on the way of life of Pythagoras and later Pythagoreans. Theophrastus succeeded Aristotle as head of the Lyceum in…
A History of Pythagoreanism
This is a comprehensive, authoritative and innovative account of Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West. In twenty-one chapters covering a timespan from the sixth century BC to the seventeenth century AD, leading scholars construct a number of different images of Pythagoras and his community, assessing current scholarship and offering new answers to central problems. Chapters are devoted …
Archytas of Tarentum
Response to Barker
The Pythagorean conception of the soul from Pythagoras to Philolaus
Heraclitus’ Critique Of Pythagoras’ Enquiry In Fragment 129
Heraclitus is famous for his harsh critiques of predecessors and contemporaries. Homer (frs. 56 and 42), Hesiod (frs. 57 and 40), Archilochus (fr. 42), Hecataeus (fr. 40), and Xenophanes (fr. 40) are all objects of his scorn. It was above all Pythagoras, however, whom Heraclitus singled out for abuse (frs. 40, 81, and 129). In this paper I shall argue that two standard assumptions about his attack on Pythagoras in fragment 129 are mistaken and ha…
The Pythagorean Precepts of Aristoxenus
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The Pythagorean tradition
In the modern world Pythagoras is the most famous of the early Greek philosophers. The same was true in the fourth century B.C., when Plato wrote his Republic, some 150 years after Pythagoras left Samos in about 530, to emigrate to Croton in southern Italy, where Pythagoreanism would flourish. Plato has Socrates say that Pythagoras was "especially loved as a leader of education in the private sphere," and that his followers
The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus, and Zeno), Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the atomists and the sophists. All these thinkers are discussed in this 1999 volume both as individuals and collectively in chapters on rational theology, epistem…
Philosophy Before Socrates
Philolaus of Croton
Part I. Introduction: 1. Life and writings 2. Authenticity Part II. Philolaus' Philosophy: 3. Limiters and unlimiteds 4. Number and Harmonia 5. Philolaus' use of archai and the method of hypothesis Part III. Genuine Fragments and Testimonia: 6. Basic principles 7. Epistemology 8. Cosmogony 9. Astronomy 10. Embryology and medicine 11. Soul and psychic faculties 12. Miscellaneous genuine fragments and testimonia Part IV. Spurious or Doubtful Fragme…
Xenophanes of Colophon
Philolaus of Croton
This is the first comprehensive study for nearly 200 years of what remains of the writings of the Presocratic philosopher Philolaus of Croton (c. 470–385 BC). These fragments are crucial to our understanding of one of the most influential schools of ancient philosophy, the Pythagoreans; they also show close ties with the main lines of development of Presocratic thought, and represent a significant response to thinkers such as Parmenides and Anaxa…
The Role of Number in Philolaus' Philosophy
Philolaus is a peripheral figure in the history of Greek mathematics. We know of no important advance in mathematics that is attributed to him, nor is there any evidence that he wrote a book exclusively or even primarily devoted to mathematical topics.' Indeed the tradition about Philolaus suggests that he wrote just one book and not a terribly long one at that.2 What is known of that book from fragments and testimonia suggests that it covered a …
Xenophanes of Colophon
The Role of Number in Philolaus' Philosophy
Philolaus is a peripheral figure in the history of Greek mathematics. We know of no important advance in mathematics that is attributed to him, nor is there any evidence that he wrote a book exclusively or even primarily devoted to mathematical topics.' Indeed the tradition about Philolaus suggests that he wrote just one book and not a terribly long one at that.2 What is known of that book from fragments and testimonia suggests that it covered a …
The Role of Number in Philolaus' Philosophy
Philolaus is a peripheral figure in the history of Greek mathematics. We know of no important advance in mathematics that is attributed to him, nor is there any evidence that he wrote a book exclusively or even primarily devoted to mathematical topics.' Indeed the tradition about Philolaus suggests that he wrote just one book and not a terribly long one at that.2 What is known of that book from fragments and testimonia suggests that it covered a …
Philolaus of Croton
This is the first comprehensive study for nearly 200 years of what remains of the writings of the Presocratic philosopher Philolaus of Croton (c. 470–385 BC). These fragments are crucial to our understanding of one of the most influential schools of ancient philosophy, the Pythagoreans; they also show close ties with the main lines of development of Presocratic thought, and represent a significant response to thinkers such as Parmenides and Anaxa…
Philolaus of Croton
Part I. Introduction: 1. Life and writings 2. Authenticity Part II. Philolaus' Philosophy: 3. Limiters and unlimiteds 4. Number and Harmonia 5. Philolaus' use of archai and the method of hypothesis Part III. Genuine Fragments and Testimonia: 6. Basic principles 7. Epistemology 8. Cosmogony 9. Astronomy 10. Embryology and medicine 11. Soul and psychic faculties 12. Miscellaneous genuine fragments and testimonia Part IV. Spurious or Doubtful Fragme…
Xenophanes of Colophon
Philosophy Before Socrates
The Pythagorean tradition
In the modern world Pythagoras is the most famous of the early Greek philosophers. The same was true in the fourth century B.C., when Plato wrote his Republic, some 150 years after Pythagoras left Samos in about 530, to emigrate to Croton in southern Italy, where Pythagoreanism would flourish. Plato has Socrates say that Pythagoras was "especially loved as a leader of education in the private sphere," and that his followers
The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus, and Zeno), Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the atomists and the sophists. All these thinkers are discussed in this 1999 volume both as individuals and collectively in chapters on rational theology, epistem…
Heraclitus’ Critique Of Pythagoras’ Enquiry In Fragment 129
Heraclitus is famous for his harsh critiques of predecessors and contemporaries. Homer (frs. 56 and 42), Hesiod (frs. 57 and 40), Archilochus (fr. 42), Hecataeus (fr. 40), and Xenophanes (fr. 40) are all objects of his scorn. It was above all Pythagoras, however, whom Heraclitus singled out for abuse (frs. 40, 81, and 129). In this paper I shall argue that two standard assumptions about his attack on Pythagoras in fragment 129 are mistaken and ha…
The Pythagorean Precepts of Aristoxenus
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Pythagorean conception of the soul from Pythagoras to Philolaus
Archytas of Tarentum
Response to Barker
The Peripatetics on the Pythagoreans
The Peripatetic view of Pythagoras mirrors the split in the tradition that was present in the earliest sources: Aristoxenus of Tarentum follow Empedocles in being overwhelmingly positive, whereas Dicaearchus and Hieronymus are heirs to Heraclitus' bitter critique. In terms of amount of material, the Peripatetics put greatest emphasis on the way of life of Pythagoras and later Pythagoreans. Theophrastus succeeded Aristotle as head of the Lyceum in…
A History of Pythagoreanism
This is a comprehensive, authoritative and innovative account of Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West. In twenty-one chapters covering a timespan from the sixth century BC to the seventeenth century AD, leading scholars construct a number of different images of Pythagoras and his community, assessing current scholarship and offering new answers to central problems. Chapters are devoted …
Aristoxenus’ Life of Socrates
Scholars attempting to discover the historical Socrates have relied mostly on Plato with a bow towards Xenophon and a glance at Aristophanes. Guthrie describes Aristoxenus as a "curiously sour character", whose account is gossipy and "bears the marks of malice and scandal". Burnet refers to "the scandal-monger Aristoxenus". Even scholars such as Fitton and Bicknell who argue that Aristoxenus is correct in his account of Socrates and on specific p…
Aristoxenus of Tarentum
Aristoxenus of Tarentum: The Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
The Pythagorean Precepts by Aristotle's pupil, Aristoxenus of Tarentum, present the principles of the Pythagorean way of life that Plato praised in the Republic. They are our best guide to what it meant to be a Pythagorean in the time of Plato and Aristotle. The Precepts have been neglected in modern scholarship and this is the first full edition and translation of and commentary on all the surviving fragments. The introduction provides an access…
Aristoxenus of Tarentum
Pythagoras and Isis
In this article I want to clarify the text of one of the short maxims assigned to Pythagoras in the ancient tradition, which are known as symbola or acusmata . Before I turn to the acusma in question, it is important to understand the context in which it appears. It occurs in Chapter 17 of Book 4 of Aelian's Historical Miscellany (ποικίλη ἱστορία). Aelian's work was written in the early third century a.d. in Rome, and is a ‘miscellaneous collecti…
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