Theon of Smyrna: Mathematics Useful for Understanding Plato Or, Pythagorean Arithmatic, Music, Astronomy, Spiritual Disciplines

by Theon of Smyrna, Deborah Lawlor (Translator), Robert Lawlor (Translator)

English, French, Greek (translation)

Genres: Philosophy, Mathematics, Esoterica

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Theon of Smyrna (Greek: Θέων ὁ Σμυρναῖος; fl. 100 CE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician, whose works were strongly influenced by the Pythagorean school of thought. His surviving On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato is an introductory survey of Greek mathematics.