Book
Introduction to Arithmetic
by Nicomachus
- Published
- 100
- Genre
- Science/Math
- Publisher
- Johnson Reprint Corp
- Pages
- 200
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4470461-introduction-to-arithmetic?ac=1&from_search=true
One would naturally think, judging from the title of this work, that this is a manual of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and so on. But it is nothing of the sort. Nicomachus was a Neopythagorean philosopher, influenced by both Plato and Aristotle, who considered numbers to be the basis of reality. Thus, there is a quasi-mystical aspect to this work, as Nicomachus’s categorization of different numbers and ratios are supposed to reveal something about the order of the cosmos.
Collections
St. John's College · 1TJEd Adult Recommended
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780384388161
- ISBN-10
- 0384388167
Tags
HistoryHistory-Ancient GreeceNumerologyReligionSt. John's CollegeThomas Jefferson Education Adult