Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Contents ix
5. I. Pythagoras
6. 1. Philosophy’s Numerical Turn 3
7. 2. Pythagorean Communities 33
8. 3. Aristotle on the Pythagoreans 53
9. 4. Philolaus’ Critique of Heraclitus 121
10. II. Heraclitus
11. 5. Heraclitus, the Rival of Pythagoras 147
12. 6. Early Natural Theology 163
13. 7. Heraclitus on Measure and the Explicit Emergence of Rationality 201
14. 8. On the physical aspect of Heraclitus’ psychology 225
15. 9. How Not to Conceive Heraclitean Harmony 263
16. 10. Heraclitus on Logos 281
17. 11. Once More unto the Stream 303
18. 12. Heraclitus’ Ethics 321
19. Contributors 335
20. General Index 339
21. Index Locorum Potiorum 345