[105]Because ¾ is to ⅔ as 9 to 8. [106]In Mathemat. p. 147. [107]Instead of περιττουται, it is necessary to read περατουται; the necessity of which emendation, I wonder the learned Bullialdus did not observe. [108]This philosophic apathy is not, as is stupidly supposed by most of the present day, insensibility, but a perfect subjugation of the passions to reason. [109]The words και δικαιοσυνη are omitted in the original. But it is evident from Plotinus, that they ought to be inserted. [110]Instead of κατ’ αυτην here, it is necessary to read κατ’ αισθησιν. THE END. Transcriber’s Notes —Silently corrected a few typos. —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —Added a Table of Contents based on the chapter headings in the text. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life, by (Chalcidensis) Iamblichus