On Nature
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On Nature is a lost philosophical work attributed to the Pythagorean thinker Philolaus, in which he reportedly expounded his cosmological and metaphysical doctrines.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| On Nature (Philolaus) | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical treatise
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lost philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pythagorean cosmology
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Pythagorean metaphysics ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Philolaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Philolaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discussedIn | ancient doxographical literature ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmological treatise
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metaphysical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
ancient Greek cosmological thought
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later Pythagorean tradition ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
fragmentary quotations
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later testimonia ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Pythagorean doctrine
NERFINISHED
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cosmology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Pythagoreanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
Pythagorean number theory
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harmony and order of the universe ⓘ principles of reality ⓘ relation between limit and unlimited ⓘ structure of the cosmos ⓘ |
| workStatus | lost ⓘ |
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