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: Investigates how Plutarch balanced his "New Academic" skepticism with a fascination for Pythagorean number mysticism.

The collection is structured around several major philosophers and their unique syntheses of these traditions: A Platonic Pythagoras. Platonism and Pythagorea...

: Specifically looks at the relationship between Platonic Forms and Pythagorean numbers in his arithmetical works. : Investigates how Plutarch balanced his "New Academic"

The book is a collection of papers originally presented at a 2005 colloquium. It examines how thinkers in the Imperial Age (roughly the 1st century BC to the 6th century AD) integrated Pythagorean concepts into Platonic systems to address metaphysical, political, and scientific questions. Key Themes and Contributors It examines how thinkers in the Imperial Age

: Explores the reconciliation of Pythagorean numerical principles, such as the "Indefinite Dyad," with the supreme divinity of God.

The "Platonic Pythagoras" referred to in the title represents a historical shift where later Platonists often viewed Pythagoras as the ultimate source of Plato's own wisdom. Plato and Pythagoreanism - Bryn Mawr Classical Review