{"product_id":"iamblichus-john-dillon-9781350127647","title":"Iamblichus: On the General Science of Mathematics","description":"\u003ci\u003eOn the General Science of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e is the third of four surviving works out of ten by Iamblichus (\u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e. 245 CE-early 320s) on the Pythagoreans. He thought the Pythagoreans had treated mathematics as essential for drawing the human soul upwards to higher realms described by Plato, and downwards to understand the physical cosmos, the products of arts and crafts and the order required for an ethical life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis Pythagorean treatises use edited quotation to re-tell the history of philosophy, presenting Plato and Aristotle as passing on the ideas invented by Pythagoras and his early followers. Although his quotations tend to come instead from Plato and later Pythagoreanising Platonists, this re-interpretation had a huge impact on the Neoplatonist commentators in Athens. Iamblichus' cleverness, if not to the same extent his re-interpretation, was appreciated by the commentators in Alexandria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Dillon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350127647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350127647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"John Dillon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064353157375,"sku":"9781350127647","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6de6a47-7c6f-4a3e-bca7-593e883a730c.jpg?v=1685394978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iamblichus-john-dillon-9781350127647","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}