Greek Philosophy 4.3: Pythagoras: Life's Music and Mathematics

Introducing Pythagoras and Pythagorean philosophy.
00:00 Introduction
01:55 The Island of Samos
05:05 Pythagoras' Life and Teaching in Ancient Memory
24:57 Pythagorean Community and Civic Philosophy
32:39 "Symbolic" Teaching
39:40 Pythagorean Philosophy: Key Ideas
43:18 Spiritual views: Metempsychosis (reincarnation of the soul)
47:18 Mathematical views: reality as number; the Tetraktys; music
1:02:00 Synthesis of Pythagoreanism
1:07:45 Aristotle's perspective on the Pythagoreans
1:09:26 Review of topics

[@celer2010]

I'm kinda frustrated with early academic treatments (Ritter, Ueberweg) that discount the biographical tradition and Pythagoras' travels in Phoenicia, Egypt, and Persia (detailed by Iamblichus) because they'd like to see Pythagoreanism as an innate development of the Greek mind rather than something imported from the East. Compared to those treatments that I've recently read, this was a breath of fresh air. This was excellent, thank you.

[@ultrafeel-tv]

Most interesting! Pythagoras seems to have had a pretty adventurous life!

[@erniedavis5646]

Awesome teaching on Pythagoras. Thanks for making this public.

[@JamesTrue]

Sooo good. Thank you for publishing/producing this!

[@fabianacaso9768]

Great presentation! Thank you for it.

[@avaonalee]

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you very much for this. Exactly what I was looking for !

[@DelphicPhilosophy]

So glad to hear that, Ava: thanks for your feedback!

[@rodenhuis2]

Great content! I dont say this often.

[@sylvanhart]

Excellent presentation.

[@PAMIR2001]

Maybe Pythagoras is a good example of a self-fulfilling prophecy, a phenomenon which we encounter frequently in ancient mythology. In a sense what Mnesarchus heard at Delphi was actually what he wished for his son. By providing adequate resources to his son he made the prophecy come true. Thank you for doing this.

[@amateurrandomdude5870]

Sir you earned a subscriber with this :D