Title: Theoretic Arithmetic, in three books; containing the substance of all that has been written on this subject by Theo of Smyrna, Nicomachus, Iamblichus, and Boetius, together with some remarkable particulars respecting perfect, amicable, and other numbers, which are not to be found in the writings of any ancient or modern mathematicians. Likewise, a specimen of the manner in which the Pythagoreans philosophized about numbers, and a development of their mystical and theological arithmetic Author: Taylor, Thomas Place: London Publisher: Printed for the author by A.J. Valpy Date: 1816 Description: xliii, [1], 252 pp. (8vo) 21.6x13.4 cm (8½x5¼"), modern cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Important study by the Neoplatonist Thomas Taylor of the ancient philosophic view of number. Taylor's many translations if the ancient Greek philosophers revived their teachings in the early 19th century. The theoretic arithmetic is considered by many to be Taylor's major original work. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing and darkening to contents, first three leaves with repairs along gutter margins; very good. Item number: 279705
Title: Theoretic Arithmetic, in three books; containing the substance of all that has been written on this subject by Theo of Smyrna, Nicomachus, Iamblichus, and Boetius, together with some remarkable particulars respecting perfect, amicable, and other numbers, which are not to be found in the writings of any ancient or modern mathematicians. Likewise, a specimen of the manner in which the Pythagoreans philosophized about numbers, and a development of their mystical and theological arithmetic Author: Taylor, Thomas Place: London Publisher: Printed for the author by A.J. Valpy Date: 1816 Description: xliii, [1], 252 pp. (8vo) 21.6x13.4 cm (8½x5¼"), modern cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Important study by the Neoplatonist Thomas Taylor of the ancient philosophic view of number. Taylor's many translations if the ancient Greek philosophers revived their teachings in the early 19th century. The theoretic arithmetic is considered by many to be Taylor's major original work. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing and darkening to contents, first three leaves with repairs along gutter margins; very good. Item number: 279705
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