The Golden Verses of Pythagoras Audiobook Libro.fm

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In this small volume an attempt has been made to gather together the best and most reliable of the sets of Ethical Verses attributed to the PythagoreansBoth Halls translation from the Greek 1657 and Rowes translation from the French of Andr Dacier 1707 have been used in reproducing the Golden Verses of Pythagoras but Daciers version has been almost exclusively followed being clearer and more intelligibleThe Golden Sentences of Democrates the Similitudes of Demophilus and Pythagorean Symbols are from Bridgmans translation and are to be found in his little book Translations from the Greek published in 1804 The Pythagorean Sentences of Demophilus translated by Taylor are contained in that volume alsoThe remaining sets of verses translated by Taylor are appended by him to his Iamblichus Life of Pythagoras published in 1818