Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism

Walter Burkert

Translated by Edwin L. Minar, Jr.

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$115.50 • £85.95 • €104.00

ISBN 9780674539181

Publication: January 1972

Short

544 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

World English

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LITERARY CRITICISM: Ancient & Classical

For the first English edition of his distinguished study, Weisheit und Wissenschaft: Studien zu Pythagoras, Philoloas und Platon, Walter Burkert has extensively revised both text and notes, taking into account additional literature that has appeared since 1962.

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