Which kind of mathematics was known and referred to by those who wanted to integrate mathematics in «Wisdom» –Neopythagoreans and others?

Plato, so the story goes, held mathematics in high esteem, and those philosopher-kings that ought to rule his republic should have a thorough foundation in mathematics. This may well be true – but an observation made by Aristotle suggests that the mathematics which Plato intends is not the one based...
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Autor*in:

Jens Høyrup [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2016

Schlagwörter:

Ancient Greek mathematics| Neopythagoreans| Plato| Practitioners' mathematics| Recreational mathematics| Side-and-diagonal-numbers algorithm

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: AIMS Mathematics - AIMS Press, 2018, 1(2016), 2, Seite 77-95

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:1 ; year:2016 ; number:2 ; pages:77-95

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DOI / URN:

10.3934/Math.2016.2.77

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ059174552

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