THEON OF SMYRNA. MATHEMATICS USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING PLATO: Introduction, Russian translation and notes Cover Image

ТЕОН СМИРНСКИЙ. ИЗЛОЖЕНИЕ ПРЕДМЕТОВ, ПОЛЕЗНЫХ ПРИ ЧТЕНИИ ПЛАТОНА: Предисловие, перевод, комментарий
THEON OF SMYRNA. MATHEMATICS USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING PLATO: Introduction, Russian translation and notes

Author(s): Andrey Shetnikov
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Scientific manual; Greek science; introductions; arithmetic; music; astronomy

Summary/Abstract: The introductory manual by Theon of Smyrna (ca. 70–ca. 135), a Greek mathematician, strongly influenced by the Neo-Pythagorean school of thought, is now translated into the Russian for the first time. The purpose of Theon is to provide the reader interested in Plato with necessary aids, useful for understanding scientific background of Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy. In its present form the treatise deals with arithmetic and numerology (book I, section 1), musical theory (book I, section 2), and astronomy (book II). For other Neo-Pythagorean works in a new Russian translation (esp. these by Nicomachus of Gerasa) see the previous issue of ΣΧΟΛΗ, especially dedicated to the subject.

  • Issue Year: III/2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 466-558
  • Page Count: 92
  • Language: Russian