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Kevin
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I love Burkert. I just encountered him this year and am now on my third work of his. He states his case and his evidence clearly and without editorializing, and while this book is painful, it’s also a damned important discussion for those who, like me, accepted for a long time the myths and fables of Pythagoras without reservations. Just wrapped Plato, on to Aristotle!
— Apr 15, 2019 10:42AM
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Kevin
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Third time appears to be the charm. And, once you get past the introductory breakdown of Aristotelian and Platonic views on Pythagoreanism, the reading gets much easier.
— May 01, 2019 06:33PM
Kevin
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I’ve now read this first segment complete three times and am still struggling to grok the minutiae of the authors arguments. The dilleniatieon of early/“authentic” Pythagoreanism, the tradition of Aristotle and that of the “Platonists” early and late are all distinct, and none of which can be traced back to the authentic Pythagoras. Some things, however can be traced back, but what, I am still unclear.
— May 01, 2019 12:30AM
Kevin
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So, Plato’s “unwritten doctrines? His lecture, “On the Good”. These are new ideas to me. I’d heard of “on the Good” before, but not the 7th letter, and that the idea that the Old Academy contained an initiated teaching that was a pre-requisite for fully integrating Plato’s thought.
Curiouser and curiouser.
— Apr 23, 2019 07:50PM
Curiouser and curiouser.
Kevin
is on page 60 of 535
So, Plato’s “unwritten doctrines? His lecture, “On the Good”. These are new ideas to me. I’d heard of “on the Good” before, but not the 7th letter, and that the idea that the Old Academy contained an initiated teaching that was a pre-requisite for fully integrating Plato’s thought.
Curiouser and curiouser.
— Apr 23, 2019 07:50PM
Curiouser and curiouser.
