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The Quadrivium: Musica, Arithmetica, Geometria, Astrologia #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.9v digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb0...
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The Quadrivium: Musica, Arithmetica, Geometria, Astrologia #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.9v digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb0...
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The Quadrivium: Musica, Arithmetica, Geometria, Astrologia #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.9v digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb0...
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Symmachus and Boethius #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.2v
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Symmachus and Boethius #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.2v
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Symmachus and Boethius #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.2v
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Symmachus and Boethius #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.2v
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Symmachus and Boethius #Boethius Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Class.5; Boethius, De institutione arithmetica; circa 845 CE; Tours; f.2v
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In later antiquity and the middle ages, a ‘circular number’ was one that reappeared in its own powers: 5 and 6 were circular number since their powers (25, 125, 625, ...; 36, 216, 1296, ...) always end in 5 or 6.
Nicomachus (fl. c.100 CE), Proclus (410/12–485 CE), and Boethius (c.480–c.524 CE) discussed them. In an educational textbook, Cassiodorus (c.485–c.585 CE) gave this definition:
‘A circular number is one that when it is multiplied by itself, beginning from itself turns back to itself, for example 5 times 5 is 25 *as the diagram indicates*’. (emphasis added; see 1st+2nd attached images)
So circular numbers seem to have been a connection between number symbolism and a geometrical aesthetic admiration of circles and spheres (more on this in a later post).
5 being a circular number crops up in the in the late mediaeval poem ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ (c. late 13th century). 5 was used as symbol of perfection and eternity: Gawain's virtues were five and many times five, and they were linked to the pentagram, the five-pointed star, which was his emblem. At line $625 = 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5$, the poet says that the pentagram was a symbol set up by Solomon; it was known as ‘þe endeles knot’. This name presumably refers to how the pentagram can be drawn in a single unbroken stroke (see 3rd attached image)
Very subtly, the circularity is hinted at by the first line of the poem (‘Siþen þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye’) being echoed at line 2525 — or 25-25 — (‘After þe segge and þe asaute watz sesed at Troye’).
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#NumberSymbolism #arithmology #Nicomachus #Proclus #Boethius #Cassiodorus #poetry
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In later antiquity and the middle ages, a ‘circular number’ was one that reappeared in its own powers: 5 and 6 were circular number since their powers (25, 125, 625, ...; 36, 216, 1296, ...) always end in 5 or 6.
Nicomachus (fl. c.100 CE), Proclus (410/12–485 CE), and Boethius (c.480–c.524 CE) discussed them. In an educational textbook, Cassiodorus (c.485–c.585 CE) gave this definition:
‘A circular number is one that when it is multiplied by itself, beginning from itself turns back to itself, for example 5 times 5 is 25 *as the diagram indicates*’. (emphasis added; see 1st+2nd attached images)
So circular numbers seem to have been a connection between number symbolism and a geometrical aesthetic admiration of circles and spheres (more on this in a later post).
5 being a circular number crops up in the in the late mediaeval poem ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ (c. late 13th century). 5 was used as symbol of perfection and eternity: Gawain's virtues were five and many times five, and they were linked to the pentagram, the five-pointed star, which was his emblem. At line $625 = 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5$, the poet says that the pentagram was a symbol set up by Solomon; it was known as ‘þe endeles knot’. This name presumably refers to how the pentagram can be drawn in a single unbroken stroke (see 3rd attached image)
Very subtly, the circularity is hinted at by the first line of the poem (‘Siþen þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye’) being echoed at line 2525 — or 25-25 — (‘After þe segge and þe asaute watz sesed at Troye’).
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#NumberSymbolism #arithmology #Nicomachus #Proclus #Boethius #Cassiodorus #poetry
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In later antiquity and the middle ages, a ‘circular number’ was one that reappeared in its own powers: 5 and 6 were circular number since their powers (25, 125, 625, ...; 36, 216, 1296, ...) always end in 5 or 6.
Nicomachus (fl. c.100 CE), Proclus (410/12–485 CE), and Boethius (c.480–c.524 CE) discussed them. In an educational textbook, Cassiodorus (c.485–c.585 CE) gave this definition:
‘A circular number is one that when it is multiplied by itself, beginning from itself turns back to itself, for example 5 times 5 is 25 *as the diagram indicates*’. (emphasis added; see 1st+2nd attached images)
So circular numbers seem to have been a connection between number symbolism and a geometrical aesthetic admiration of circles and spheres (more on this in a later post).
5 being a circular number crops up in the in the late mediaeval poem ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ (c. late 13th century). 5 was used as symbol of perfection and eternity: Gawain's virtues were five and many times five, and they were linked to the pentagram, the five-pointed star, which was his emblem. At line $625 = 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5$, the poet says that the pentagram was a symbol set up by Solomon; it was known as ‘þe endeles knot’. This name presumably refers to how the pentagram can be drawn in a single unbroken stroke (see 3rd attached image)
Very subtly, the circularity is hinted at by the first line of the poem (‘Siþen þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye’) being echoed at line 2525 — or 25-25 — (‘After þe segge and þe asaute watz sesed at Troye’).
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#NumberSymbolism #arithmology #Nicomachus #Proclus #Boethius #Cassiodorus #poetry
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In later antiquity and the middle ages, a ‘circular number’ was one that reappeared in its own powers: 5 and 6 were circular number since their powers (25, 125, 625, ...; 36, 216, 1296, ...) always end in 5 or 6.
Nicomachus (fl. c.100 CE), Proclus (410/12–485 CE), and Boethius (c.480–c.524 CE) discussed them. In an educational textbook, Cassiodorus (c.485–c.585 CE) gave this definition:
‘A circular number is one that when it is multiplied by itself, beginning from itself turns back to itself, for example 5 times 5 is 25 *as the diagram indicates*’. (emphasis added; see 1st+2nd attached images)
So circular numbers seem to have been a connection between number symbolism and a geometrical aesthetic admiration of circles and spheres (more on this in a later post).
5 being a circular number crops up in the in the late mediaeval poem ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ (c. late 13th century). 5 was used as symbol of perfection and eternity: Gawain's virtues were five and many times five, and they were linked to the pentagram, the five-pointed star, which was his emblem. At line $625 = 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5$, the poet says that the pentagram was a symbol set up by Solomon; it was known as ‘þe endeles knot’. This name presumably refers to how the pentagram can be drawn in a single unbroken stroke (see 3rd attached image)
Very subtly, the circularity is hinted at by the first line of the poem (‘Siþen þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye’) being echoed at line 2525 — or 25-25 — (‘After þe segge and þe asaute watz sesed at Troye’).
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#NumberSymbolism #arithmology #Nicomachus #Proclus #Boethius #Cassiodorus #poetry
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In later antiquity and the middle ages, a ‘circular number’ was one that reappeared in its own powers: 5 and 6 were circular number since their powers (25, 125, 625, ...; 36, 216, 1296, ...) always end in 5 or 6.
Nicomachus (fl. c.100 CE), Proclus (410/12–485 CE), and Boethius (c.480–c.524 CE) discussed them. In an educational textbook, Cassiodorus (c.485–c.585 CE) gave this definition:
‘A circular number is one that when it is multiplied by itself, beginning from itself turns back to itself, for example 5 times 5 is 25 *as the diagram indicates*’. (emphasis added; see 1st+2nd attached images)
So circular numbers seem to have been a connection between number symbolism and a geometrical aesthetic admiration of circles and spheres (more on this in a later post).
5 being a circular number crops up in the in the late mediaeval poem ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ (c. late 13th century). 5 was used as symbol of perfection and eternity: Gawain's virtues were five and many times five, and they were linked to the pentagram, the five-pointed star, which was his emblem. At line $625 = 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5$, the poet says that the pentagram was a symbol set up by Solomon; it was known as ‘þe endeles knot’. This name presumably refers to how the pentagram can be drawn in a single unbroken stroke (see 3rd attached image)
Very subtly, the circularity is hinted at by the first line of the poem (‘Siþen þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye’) being echoed at line 2525 — or 25-25 — (‘After þe segge and þe asaute watz sesed at Troye’).
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#NumberSymbolism #arithmology #Nicomachus #Proclus #Boethius #Cassiodorus #poetry
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... gibt es da in #Tricontium noch eine Szene, die mir beim Schreiben viel Spaß gemacht hat, in der zwei Leute sich über ein (reales) Buch, das sie beide leider nicht gelesen haben (wie einem das mit Klassikern ja erschreckend oft so geht 😉 ), und dessen Autor austauschen, siehe hier:
https://ardeija.de/lesestoff-schwierige-zeiten/
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... gibt es da in #Tricontium noch eine Szene, die mir beim Schreiben viel Spaß gemacht hat, in der zwei Leute sich über ein (reales) Buch, das sie beide leider nicht gelesen haben (wie einem das mit Klassikern ja erschreckend oft so geht 😉 ), und dessen Autor austauschen, siehe hier:
https://ardeija.de/lesestoff-schwierige-zeiten/
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... gibt es da in #Tricontium noch eine Szene, die mir beim Schreiben viel Spaß gemacht hat, in der zwei Leute sich über ein (reales) Buch, das sie beide leider nicht gelesen haben (wie einem das mit Klassikern ja erschreckend oft so geht 😉 ), und dessen Autor austauschen, siehe hier:
https://ardeija.de/lesestoff-schwierige-zeiten/
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... gibt es da in #Tricontium noch eine Szene, die mir beim Schreiben viel Spaß gemacht hat, in der zwei Leute sich über ein (reales) Buch, das sie beide leider nicht gelesen haben (wie einem das mit Klassikern ja erschreckend oft so geht 😉 ), und dessen Autor austauschen, siehe hier:
https://ardeija.de/lesestoff-schwierige-zeiten/
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... gibt es da in #Tricontium noch eine Szene, die mir beim Schreiben viel Spaß gemacht hat, in der zwei Leute sich über ein (reales) Buch, das sie beide leider nicht gelesen haben (wie einem das mit Klassikern ja erschreckend oft so geht 😉 ), und dessen Autor austauschen, siehe hier:
https://ardeija.de/lesestoff-schwierige-zeiten/
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Die Frage, ob es überhaupt etwas "Gutes" sei, ein Philosoph zu sein, oder nicht vielmehr etwas "Schlechtes"...
Und die Frage, ob man durch Selbsternennung oder Fremdzuschreibung zu einem "Philosophen" wird:
Beide Fragen können als offen betrachtet werden. Oder als von vornherein entschieden.
Und auch völlig entkoppelt voneinander behandelt werden.
Was in der sozialen Realität freilich eher selten geschieht.
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Die Frage, ob es überhaupt etwas "Gutes" sei, ein Philosoph zu sein, oder nicht vielmehr etwas "Schlechtes"...
Und die Frage, ob man durch Selbsternennung oder Fremdzuschreibung zu einem "Philosophen" wird:
Beide Fragen können als offen betrachtet werden. Oder als von vornherein entschieden.
Und auch völlig entkoppelt voneinander behandelt werden.
Was in der sozialen Realität freilich eher selten geschieht.
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Die Frage, ob es überhaupt etwas "Gutes" sei, ein Philosoph zu sein, oder nicht vielmehr etwas "Schlechtes"...
Und die Frage, ob man durch Selbsternennung oder Fremdzuschreibung zu einem "Philosophen" wird:
Beide Fragen können als offen betrachtet werden. Oder als von vornherein entschieden.
Und auch völlig entkoppelt voneinander behandelt werden.
Was in der sozialen Realität freilich eher selten geschieht.
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Marginal comment of the day: “crapula”. Which does in fact translate to “crap” (of the “I feel like crap” kind which comes from overindulgence)
#Boethius #ReadersMarks Consolation, Book 3 Prosa 7
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Marginal comment of the day: “crapula”. Which does in fact translate to “crap” (of the “I feel like crap” kind which comes from overindulgence)
#Boethius #ReadersMarks Consolation, Book 3 Prosa 7
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Marginal comment of the day: “crapula”. Which does in fact translate to “crap” (of the “I feel like crap” kind which comes from overindulgence)
#Boethius #ReadersMarks Consolation, Book 3 Prosa 7
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Marginal comment of the day: “crapula”. Which does in fact translate to “crap” (of the “I feel like crap” kind which comes from overindulgence)
#Boethius #ReadersMarks Consolation, Book 3 Prosa 7
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Marginal comment of the day: “crapula”. Which does in fact translate to “crap” (of the “I feel like crap” kind which comes from overindulgence)
#Boethius #ReadersMarks Consolation, Book 3 Prosa 7
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I would like to report an early 16th c student for bad underlining practices. If you highlighted everything, nothing stands out!
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I would like to report an early 16th c student for bad underlining practices. If you highlighted everything, nothing stands out!
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I would like to report an early 16th c student for bad underlining practices. If you highlighted everything, nothing stands out!
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I would like to report an early 16th c student for bad underlining practices. If you highlighted everything, nothing stands out!
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True #conspiracytheory of how Arianism was plotted against and now we’re all the worse off for it.
Make #Arius Great Again
@histodons #history #Arianism #heresy #imperial #bigotry #Justinian #Theodoric #Rome #Roman #philosophy #Neoplatonism #Boethius #pagan #paganism #Consolation #IsaacAsimov #DarkAges
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True #conspiracytheory of how Arianism was plotted against and now we’re all the worse off for it.
Make #Arius Great Again
@histodons #history #Arianism #heresy #imperial #bigotry #Justinian #Theodoric #Rome #Roman #philosophy #Neoplatonism #Boethius #pagan #paganism #Consolation #IsaacAsimov #DarkAges
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True #conspiracytheory of how Arianism was plotted against and now we’re all the worse off for it.
Make #Arius Great Again
@histodons #history #Arianism #heresy #imperial #bigotry #Justinian #Theodoric #Rome #Roman #philosophy #Neoplatonism #Boethius #pagan #paganism #Consolation #IsaacAsimov #DarkAges
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True #conspiracytheory of how Arianism was plotted against and now we’re all the worse off for it.
Make #Arius Great Again
@histodons #history #Arianism #heresy #imperial #bigotry #Justinian #Theodoric #Rome #Roman #philosophy #Neoplatonism #Boethius #pagan #paganism #Consolation #IsaacAsimov #DarkAges
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True #conspiracytheory of how Arianism was plotted against and now we’re all the worse off for it.
Make #Arius Great Again
@histodons #history #Arianism #heresy #imperial #bigotry #Justinian #Theodoric #Rome #Roman #philosophy #Neoplatonism #Boethius #pagan #paganism #Consolation #IsaacAsimov #DarkAges
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It’s a #book kind of day! Love these finds at Pandemonium in #Toronto.
#Melville #MobyDick #philosophy #usedbooks #longfellow #boethius
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It’s a #book kind of day! Love these finds at Pandemonium in #Toronto.
#Melville #MobyDick #philosophy #usedbooks #longfellow #boethius
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Another noteworthy #podcast episode today was a #NewBooksNetwork joint production with #WritLarge: Zachary Davis in conversation with John Marenbon about #Boethius' "The Consolation of #Philosophy.”
Link to podcast: https://newbooksnetwork.com/on-boethius-the-consolation-of-philosophy #bookstodon #ancienthistory -
Another noteworthy #podcast episode today was a #NewBooksNetwork joint production with #WritLarge: Zachary Davis in conversation with John Marenbon about #Boethius' "The Consolation of #Philosophy.”
Link to podcast: https://newbooksnetwork.com/on-boethius-the-consolation-of-philosophy #bookstodon #ancienthistory -
Another noteworthy #podcast episode today was a #NewBooksNetwork joint production with #WritLarge: Zachary Davis in conversation with John Marenbon about #Boethius' "The Consolation of #Philosophy.”
Link to podcast: https://newbooksnetwork.com/on-boethius-the-consolation-of-philosophy #bookstodon #ancienthistory -
The Leuven Ontology for Aristotelian Diagrams Database has put together a compilation of #diagrams explaining #Aristotle's #logic, from #Boethius to the present age.
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The Leuven Ontology for Aristotelian Diagrams Database has put together a compilation of #diagrams explaining #Aristotle's #logic, from #Boethius to the present age.
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The Leuven Ontology for Aristotelian Diagrams Database has put together a compilation of #diagrams explaining #Aristotle's #logic, from #Boethius to the present age.
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New review published (open access):
➡️ Thomas A. Corbin, "Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy: Re-thinking Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy , written by William D. Bishop"
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New review published (open access):
➡️ Thomas A. Corbin, "Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy: Re-thinking Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy , written by William D. Bishop"
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New review published (open access):
➡️ Thomas A. Corbin, "Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy: Re-thinking Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy , written by William D. Bishop"
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New review published (open access):
➡️ Thomas A. Corbin, "Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy: Re-thinking Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy , written by William D. Bishop"