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Neopythagoreanism (or neo-Pythagoreanism) was a school of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy which revived Pythagorean doctrines. Neopythagoreanism was influenced by middle Platonism and in turn influenced Neoplatonism .
Jul 11, 2024 · With the ascetic sage Apollonius of Tyana, about the middle of the 1st century ce, a distinct Neo-Pythagorean trend appeared. Apollonius studied the Pythagorean legends of the previous centuries, created and propagated the ideal of a Pythagorean life—of occult wisdom, purity, universal tolerance, and approximation to the divine—and felt ...
Mar 29, 2006 · Neopythagoreanism is characterized by the tendency to see Pythagoras as the central and original figure in the development of Greek philosophy, to whom, according to some authors (e.g. Iamblichus, VP 1), a divine revelation had been given.
The further history of Neoplatonism is extremely complicated. While Porphyry had emphasized the ethical element in Plotinus’s philosophy, his disciple in Syria, Iamblichus of Chalcis (c. 250–c. 330), mingled Neoplatonism with neo-Pythagoreanism, writing on the Pythagorean way of life and on number theory.
The Neo-Pythagoreans were often at odds with contemporary society, but, at the same time, the movement embodied several characteristic features of the religious life of the Empire: mysticism and occultism, belief in miracles, asceticism, stern morality, and the close union of the believers within their own group.
With the ascetic sage Apollonius of Tyana, about the middle of the 1st century ce, a distinct Neo-Pythagorean trend appeared. Apollonius studied the Pythagorean legends of the previous centuries, created and propagated the ideal of a Pythagorean life—of occult wisdom, purity, universal tolerance, and…. Read More.
Neopythagoreanism (or Neo-Pythagoreanism) was a school of Hellenistic philosophy which revived Pythagorean doctrines. Neopythagoreanism was influenced by Middle Platonism and in turn influenced Neoplatonism. It originated in the 1st century BCE and flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.
Neo-Pythagoreanism is a term used by modern scholars to refer to the revival of Pythagorean philosophy and way of life in the first century bc. It coincides with the redevelopment of Platonic thought known as Middle Platonism.
Neopythagoreanism, which goes back to the first century BC, must have still been vigorous during Diogenes’ lifetime. Thus, the fact that his own presentation of Pythagoras does not appear to be indebted to Neopythagoreanism is certainly significant, even if what this is significant of is more
Phillip Sidney Horky. This is a draft of translations that will eventually appear in a standalone chapter on Neopythagoreanism in my forthcoming source book on Pythagorean Philosophy from the period of roughly 250 BCE-200 CE, for the series Cambridge Source Books in Post-Hellenistic Philosophy (Cambridge University Press).
