Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism

Walter Burkert

Translated by Edwin L. Minar, Jr.

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