Hi! My name is Jane, and I was needing some help with my homework. THe question is "The number feared by the Pythagoreand since it lies halfway between the...
Most interesting, my dear octobergirl. In fact, I have never heard of a number feared by the Pythagoreans, however, my guess is that the number is 17. I shall...
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Sep 18, 2005 10:28 pm
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This is a resend of a message bounced by Yahoo. Hope the problem is fixed now. Grrrrrr.... Mumble, mumble darkly.... ... From: Sawmi To:...
I would like to seek for help from you all. I got an assignment from my tutor in university. The topic is about source of Pythagoras Theorem and where he got...
Briefly, The 3,4,5 relationship specified by the so-called "Pythagorean Theorem" has been known for thousands of years by such civilizations as the Chinese,...
Larry Rafey
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Sep 21, 2005 10:52 pm
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I received the following inquiry via email. Have any of you ever heard of this? "Would you have the name of the book written by or about Pythagoras' father...
I've been reading a little bit of "Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus" by Gregory Shaw. Very interesting summary of Iamblichus' views on...
A few sources indicate that Pythagoras had two or three brothers but no names are given. I have never encountered any document concerning one named Astraos. I...
Larry Rafey
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Sep 25, 2005 9:56 pm
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Hey Larry, Are you really familiar with Astreaus (as in, on a first-name basis)? ... Cal -- Visiting DC for a couple weeks before returning to CA...
Indeed, Astreaus (I call him 'asty' for short) and I go way back. We ran together as teens and, although he never quite made it into the Ivy League, I would...
Larry Rafey
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Sep 26, 2005 10:29 pm
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Hmmm....Mt o-LIMP-is... Cal P.S. Larry, where you been, dude? I had dinner with Sawmi in Berkeley the following weekend after Burning Man. And BTW, I'm...
I've been pretty well under the burden of dealing with the aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans. After returning, I found myself continuing the work at local...
Larry Rafey
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Sep 27, 2005 10:55 pm
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Christopher P. Jones (ed.), Philostratus: The Life of Apollonius of Tyana. The Loeb Classical Library, 16 and 17. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,...
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Does anyone know something concerning Pythagoras´s or Pythagorians approach to the equilateral triangle, if any? Regards, Sergio...
Okay, please be gentle. I am not an geometry expert, just learned a little in high school and enjoy seeing the relationships in lines, geek that I am. My...
I received the following email from a visitor to the website. The author attached an image named tetraktys03.png, which I will place in the photo section....
The Natural Resonance Revolution: Secrets of the Tritone, Tantra and Technology By drew hempel, M.A. (anti-copyright, Oct., 2005) The most important secret of...
Arnold Hermann, To Think Like God. Pythagoras and Parmenides. The Origins of Philosophy. Las Vegas, NV: Parmenides Publishing, 2004. Pp. xxx, 374. ISBN...
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2005-10-11 : View this Review Online : View Other NDPR Reviews Pierre Destrée and Nicholas D. Smith (eds.), Socrates' Divine...
I just read Denis Diderot's philosophical essay "D'Almbert's Dream" and it was considered his best explanation of "why?" and "what for?" Diderot also expounds...
The lost technique of authentic experience is natural resonance -- the 12 nodes around the outside of the body practiced in china as the microcosmic orbit and...
Christoph Riedweg, Pythagoras. His Life, Teaching, and Influence. Originally published as Pythagoras. Leben, Lehre, Nachwirkung (Mu+nchen: C.H. Beck, 2002)....
Luc Brisson, How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology. Translated by Catherine Tihanyi. Chicago: The University of...
Question. I've been reading about the Kabbalah lately and doing some comparisons between it and the principles in the tetractys. My question is about whether...
Was Kabbalah known to ancient Israelites? Does the OT mention or have any reference to Kabbalah or to anything resembling Kabbalah? I guess my question is :...
For those who accept Kabbalah as part of Torah (the totality of the Jewish sacred teaching), as do, for instance, all of the Chassidic movement, Kabbalah is...
My understanding is no. The concept of Zero as both nothingness and a place value in mathematics comes to us from the Indians [Brahmins, Gymnosophists]. ...
Laurie, I have been looking for information on the tetractys, so I would like to know the principles you have mentioned. I appreciate your help. I'm not an...
Malcolm, I don't believe anything was given to Moses on Mt. Sion because there was no Moses. As far as attributing a mathematical [Kabbalistic] system to the...
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