Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life) - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xi

Abbreviations

pp xii-xii

Part I - Introduction

pp 1-148

1 - Evidence for the Work: the Excerpts Preserved in Stobaeus

pp 3-4

2 - The Title and Nature of the Work

pp 5-7

3 - The Format and Style of the Work

pp 8-13

4 - Fragments of the Pythagorean Precepts Preserved in Iamblichus’ On the Pythagorean Way of Life

pp 14-15

5 - A Comparison of Stobaeus’ and Iamblichus’ Evidence for the Pythagorean Precepts

pp 16-38

6 - The Relationship of the Pythagorean Precepts to Aristoxenus’ Other Works on the Pythagoreans

pp 39-51

7 - The Influence of the Pythagorean Precepts on the Later Pythagorean Tradition

pp 52-73

8 - History of Scholarship on the Pythagorean Precepts

pp 74-81

9 - The Standard View of the Pythagorean Precepts

pp 82-111

10 - The Ethical System of the Pythagorean Precepts

pp 112-148

Part II - Fragments with Translation and Commentary

pp 149-558

11 - The Pythagorean Precepts: A Reconstructed Text in English

pp 151-163

12 - Fragment 1: Obedience to Parents and the Laws (34 W)

pp 164-165

13 - Fragment 2: The Importance of Order and Supervision for Every Age of Life (35 W)

pp 166-190

14 - Fragment 3: Desire (37 W)

pp 191-211

15 - Fragment 4: The Generation of Children (39 W)

pp 212-225

16 - Fragment 5: The Love of What is Beautiful and Fine (40 W)

pp 226-232

17 - Fragment 6: Learning Must be Willing (36 W)

pp 233-237

18 - Fragment 7: Luck (41 W)

pp 238-257

19 - Fragment 8: Human Nature is Prone to Excess and Needs the Supervision of the Gods, Parents, and Laws (33 W)

pp 258-313

20 - Fragment 9: On Opinion, the Training of Children and Young People, Pleasure, Desire, Diet, and the Generation of Children (38 W)

pp 314-457

21 - Fragment 10: The Appropriate and the Inappropriate in Human Interaction. On Starting Points and Rulers

pp 458-526