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on the mystical, mathematical and cosmological symbolism of the first ten numbers
- by Iamblichus (245-325); Waterfield, Robin ; Critchlow, Keith
TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK BY ROBIN WATERFIELD
WITH A FOREWORD BY KEITH CRITCHLOW
A Kairos Book
PHANES PRESS
Other translations by Robin Waterfield:
- Plato: Philebus Penguin Books, 1982
- Plato: Theaetetus Penguin Books, 1987
- Plato: Early Socratic Dialogues Penguin Books, 1987 with T.J. Saunders, et al.
- Xenophon: Conversations of Socrates Penguin Books, 1990 with H. Tredennick
- Plutarch: Essays Penguin Books, 1990
- Epicurus: Letter on Happiness Rider, 1993
- Plato: Republic Oxford University Press, 1993
- Plato: Symposium Oxford University Press, 1994
- Plato: Gorgias Oxford University Press, 1994
- Plato: Statesman Cambridge University Press, 1995
- Aristotle: Physics Oxford University Press, 1996
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Iamblichus, ca. 250-ca. 330
[Theological principles of arithmetic. English]
The theology of arithmetic: on the mystical, mathematical and cosmological symbolism of the first ten numbers / attributed to Iamblichus, translated from the Greek by Robin Waterfield; with a foreword by Keith Critchlow.
p. cm.
Translation of: Theological principles of arithmetic.
Bibliography: p. ISBN 0-933999-71-2 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-933999-72-0 (pbk.: alk paper).
1. Symbolism of numbers—Early works to 1800. 2. Pythagoras and Pythagorean school—Early works to 1800. I. Waterfield, Robin A. H. II. Title.
B669.Z711713 1988
119—dc19 88-23012
CIP
To Pythagoras who taught that for health, art and science are inseparable “By him that gave to our generation the Tetraktys, which contains the fount and root of eternal nature” (Pythagorean oath} and to Steve Lee, reluctant arithmologist
Contents
- Foreword by Keith Critchlow 9
- Introduction by Robin 23
- The Theology of Arithmetic 33
- On the Μοnad 35
- On the Dyad 41
- On the Triad 49
- On the Tetrad 55
- On the Pentad 65
- On the Hexad 75
- On the Meptad 87
- On the Octad 101
- On the Ennead 105
- On the Decad 109
- Glossary 117
- Biography 123
- Bibliography 127