The Theology of Arithmetic: On the Mystical, Mathematical and Cosmological Symbolism of the First Ten NumbersAttributed to Iamblichus (4th cent. AD), The Theology of Arithmetic is about the mystical, mathmatical and cosmological symbolism of the first ten numbers. Its is the longest work on number symbolism to survive from the ancient world, and Robin Waterfield's careful translation contains helpful footnotes, an extensive glossary, bibliography, and foreword by Keith Critchlow. Never before translated from ancient Greek, this important sourcework is indispensable for anyone intereted in Pythagorean though, Neoplatonism, or the symbolism of Numbers. |
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| Title | The Theology of Arithmetic: On the Mystical, Mathematical and Cosmological Symbolism of the First Ten Numbers A Kairos book |
| Author | Iamblichus |
| Translated by | Robin Waterfield |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Red Wheel/Weiser, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0933999720, 9780933999725 |
| Length | 130 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / General Philosophy / Metaphysics |
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