The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their worksFairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy
The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works
Fairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy, Ancient
Aet. iv. 2; _Dox._ 386. Pythagoras holds that number moves itself,
and he takes number as an equivalent for intelligence. iv. 4; 389.
Pythagoras, Plato: According to a superficial account the soul is of two
parts, the one possessing, the other lacking, reason; but according to
close and exact examination, of three parts; for the unreasoning part
they divide into the emotions and the desires. (Theodor. v. 20); _Dox._
390. The successors of Pythagoras saying that body is a mixture of five
elements (for they ranked the aether as a fifth along with the four)
held that the powers of the soul are of the same number as these. And
these they name intelligence and wisdom and understanding and opinion
and sense-perception. iv. 5; 391. Pythagoras: The principle of life is
about the heart, but the principle of reason and intelligence is about
the head. iv. 5; 392. Pythagoras et al.: The intelligence enters from
without. iv. 7; 392. Pythagoras, Plato: The soul is imperishable. iv.
9; 396. Pythagoras et al.: The sense-perceptions are deceptive. iv. 9;
397. Pythagoras, Plato: Each of the sensations is pure, proceeding from
each single element. With reference to vision, it was of the nature of
aether; hearing, of the nature of wind; smell, of the nature of fire;
taste, of the nature of moisture; touch, of the nature of earth. iv. 14;
405. The followers of Pythagoras and of the mathematicians on reflections
of vision: For vision moves directly as it were against the bronze [of
a mirror], and meeting with a firm smooth surface it is turned and
bent back on itself, meeting some such experience as when the arm is
extended and then bent back to the shoulder. iv. 20; 409. Pythagoras,
Plato, Aristotle: Sound is immaterial. For it is not air, but it is the
form about the air and the appearance [ἐπιφανεία] after some sort of
percussion which becomes sound; and every appearance is immaterial; for
it moves with bodies, but is itself absolutely immaterial;[72] as in the
case of a bent rod the surface-appearance suffers no change, but the
matter is what is bent.
Aet. _Plac._ v. 1; 415. Pythagoras did not admit the sacrificial part
alone (of augury). v. 3; 417. Pythagoras: The seed is foam of the best
part of the blood, a secretion from the nourishment, like blood and
marrow. v. 4; 417. Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle: The power of seed is
immaterial, like intelligence, the moving power; but the matter that
is poured forth is material. v. 20; 432. Pythagoras, Plato: The souls
of animals called unreasoning are reasonable, not however with active
reasoning powers, because of an imperfect mixture of the bodies and
because they do not have the power of speech, as in the case of apes and
dogs; for these have intelligence but not the power of speech.
Ar. Did. _Ep._ Fr. 32; _Dox._ 467. Apollodoros in the second book
_Concerning the gods_: It is the Pythagorean opinion that the morning and
the evening star are the same.
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