DIVINE HARMONY: The Life & Teachings of Pythagoras

Berkeley Hills. 1999. F First Edition. H Hardcover. New. As NEW in As NEW DJ. Metaphysics 160p. Pythagoras, the sixth century BC Greek scientist and mystic, has long been recognized as a seminal figure in western thought, a teacher "whose influence on the ideas, and thereby on the destiny, of the human race was probably greater than that of any single man before or after him." But until now, no accessible biographical study of him has been available for general readers. Drawing upon the most authoritative sources availableóthe writings of Pythagoras' disciplesóDivine Harmony describes his wanderings in ancient Phoenicia, Egypt, Babylon, and the Greek islands, and the heart of Pythagorean ideas as taught at his scholarly community in Southern Italy. Strohmeier, a classical scholar, and Westbrook, a historian of music and Sacred Science, present a portrait of a man whose ideas are as powerful in our own time as they were two and a half millennia ago. Part I The Making of a Philosopher. 1. Birth of Pythagoras 2. Early Years 3. Studies in Ionia 4. Passage to Egypt 5. Travels in Egypt and Babylonia 6. Travels in the Greek World 7. Relocation to Italy Part II The Teachings of Pythagoras 8. The Pythagorean Community 9. Knowledge 10. The Nature of the Soul 11. Friendship 12. Number 13. Harmony 14. The Celestial Spheres 15. Care of the Self 16. Magic and Miracles 17. Family Life 18. Politics and Justice 19. Divinity Part III Decline of the Pythagoreans 20. The Death of Pythagoras 21. Followers of Pythagoras Part IV The Golden Verses. First edition. Binding is Hardbound.