On Pythagorean Numbers

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On Pythagorean Numbers is a lost philosophical work by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored numerical doctrines associated with Pythagorean thought.

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instanceOf ancient Greek treatise
lost work
philosophical work
associatedWith Plato's Academy
linked to: Academy of Athens
author Speusippus
connectedTo Speusippus' interest in mathematical ontology
culture Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
era 4th century BCE
explores Pythagorean arithmetic doctrines
Pythagorean number symbolism
metaphysical significance of numbers
extantStatus survives only in fragments or reports
focusesOn Pythagorean views on numerical harmony
doctrines linking numbers and reality
genre doctrinal exposition
philosophical treatise
hasTitleInEnglish On Pythagorean Numbers
hasTitleInGreek Peri Pythagoreion Arithmon (approximate transliteration)
historicalContext early Academy period
influencedBy Pythagoras
Pythagorean school
linked to: Pythagoreanism
knownFrom later testimonia
secondary sources
language Ancient Greek
philosophicalDiscipline ancient Greek philosophy
metaphysics
philosophy of number
philosophicalSchool Old Academy
philosophicalTradition Pythagoreanism
region Athens
relatedTo Platonic doctrine of forms and numbers
status lost
subject Pythagorean numerical doctrines
number theory in Pythagorean philosophy
philosophy of mathematics
workOf Speusippus
workType prose

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Speusippus notableWork On Pythagorean Numbers
Pythagorean table of opposites relatedTo Pythagorean number theory
linked to: On Pythagorean Numbers
On Nature (Philolaus) philosophicalTheme Pythagorean number theory
subject linked to: On Nature
linked to: On Pythagorean Numbers
On Pythagorean Numbers hasTitleInEnglish On Pythagorean Numbers
On the Soul (Speusippus) relatedWork On Pythagorean Numbers (Speusippus)
subject linked to: On the Soul
linked to: On Pythagorean Numbers