Heraclitus’ Critique Of Pythagoras’ Enquiry In Fragment 129

Carl A. Huffman

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Classical Philosophy and Thought Classical Antiquity Studies History and Theory of Mathematics

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Abstract Heraclitus is famous for his harsh critiques of predecessors and contemporaries. Homer (frs. 56 and 42), Hesiod (frs. 57 and 40), Archilochus (fr. 42), Hecataeus (fr. 40), and Xenophanes (fr. 40) are all objects of his scorn. It was above all Pythagoras, however, whom Heraclitus singled out for abuse (frs. 40, 81, and 129). In this paper I shall argue that two standard assumptions about his attack on Pythagoras in fragment 129 are mistaken and have led to a false interpretation of the nature of Pythagoras’ philosophy.

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