UID:
almafu_9960819769302883
Format:
1 online resource (62 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-009-03259-3
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1-009-03278-X
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1-009-02686-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements on women in the history of philosophy
Content:
The Pythagorean women are a group of female philosophers who were followers of Pythagoras and are credited with authoring a series of letters and treatises. In both stages of the history of Pythagoreanism - namely, the fifth-century Pythagorean societies and the Hellenistic Pythagorean writings - the Pythagorean woman is viewed as an intellectual, a thinker, a teacher, and a philosopher. The purpose of this Element is to answer the question: what kind of philosopher is the Pythagorean woman? The traditional picture of the Pythagorean female sage is that of an expert of the household. The author argues that the available evidence is more complex and conveys the idea of the Pythagorean woman as both an expert on the female sphere and a well-rounded thinker philosophising about the principles of the cosmos, human society, the immortality of the soul, numbers, and harmonics.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Pythagorean Women -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: The Pythagorean Female Sage -- 1.1 A Short History of Pythagoreanism -- 1.1.1 Source Problems -- 1.2 The Status Quaestionis from Ménage to Dutsch -- 2 Early Pythagoreanism: Not Only for Men, But Also for Women -- 2.1 The Pythagorean Way of Life -- 2.2 The 'Most Famous' Pythagorean Women -- 2.2.1 The Pythagorean Women as Students -- 2.2.2 The Pythagorean Women as Exemplary Wives and Daughters -- 2.2.3 The Pythagorean Women as Philosophical Champions -- 2.3 Preliminary Conclusions -- 3 Late Pythagoreanism: Writers, Pseudepigraphers, and Philosophers -- 3.1 The Pythagorean Pseudepigrapha -- 3.1.1 Chronology -- 3.1.2 The Pseudonymity Issue -- 3.2 The Pythagorean Women's Treatises -- 3.2.1 Aesara on the Soul, City, and Family Analogy -- 3.2.2 Perictione and Phintys on Virtue -- 3.2.3 Perictione on What Philosophy is All About -- 3.3 Further Conclusions -- 4 Final Remarks: Gendered Knowledge and Genderless Wisdom -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary of Names -- References -- Acknowledgements.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009011815
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026864
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