The Theoretic Arithmetic of the Pythagoreans by Thomas Taylor
Introduction is presented by Manly P. Hall
Publication: 1978 Samuel Weiser NY Third Impression.
The book is bright as if printed yesterday. Looks almost unread. Only flaw is a pen small inscription on flyleaf. Near fine.
Of the works included in this volume the Theoretic Arithmetic of the Pythagoreans (first published in 1816) is the most extensive: as a summary of the philosophic and mystical properties of number and mathematical operations there has been nothing published in the modern age which approaches its comprehensive scope or its profundity. The Theoretic Arithmetic blazes with the bright light of true thought which eclipses the numerous modern books on number which, if esoteric, so often are mere listings of associations of numbered things; or which, if exoteric, are little more than a series of measurements. The smallest work, on the other hand, is the Medicina Mentis: in little more than a dozen pages it manages to cover the whole sweep of the divine procession which overflows from The One.
Condition: publishers green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, binding firm, pages are clean, dust jacket with light wear along the edges, very well preserved, in Very Good clean condition