Life of Pythagoras

In the first place, it is requisite to know this, that the good man is not immediately happy from necessity; but that this is the… Read More »“The Good and Happy Man,” by Archytas

The tetrad was called by the Pythagoreans every number, because it comprehends in itself all the numbers as far as to the decad, and the… Read More »“On the Tetractys,” by Theon of Smyrna

From Theages, in his Treatise “On the Virtues”: The order of the soul subsists in such a way, that one part of it is the… Read More »“On the Virtues,” by Theages, Metapus & Clinias

Of animals, some are the recipients of felicity, but others are incapable of receiving it. And those animals, indeed, are receptive of it that have… Read More »“On Felicity,” by Hippodamus

The perfect life of man falls short indeed of the life of God, because it is not self-perfect, but surpasses that of irrational animals, because… Read More »“Concerning Human Life,” by Euryphamus

Since men live but for a very short period, if their life is compared with the whole of time, they will make a most beautiful… Read More »“On Tranquility,” by Hipparchus

FROM HIPPODAMUS, THE THURIAN, IN HIS TREATISE ON FELICITY. ———— Of animals, some are the recipients of felicity, but others are incapable of receiving it.… Read More »Fragments of the Ethical Writings of Certain Pythagoreans

Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done. Choose rather to be strong in soul than in body. Be persuaded that… Read More »Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus