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Pythagoras

Pythagoras

Pythagoras appears near the beginning of the main treatise's catalogue of reputed possessors of the art.

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The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise

Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Pythagoras appears near the beginning of the main treatise's catalogue of reputed possessors of the art. This occurrence supplies no doctrine of number, biography, or particular work. His role here is authorizing and cumulative. Numerical patterns elsewhere in the book should not automatically be attributed to him merely because his name stands in this list.

Places to read

  1. Opening explanation · unit 6A named member of the catalogue of alleged possessors of the art.

Attested forms

Pythagoras