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Pythagoras his monad and triad

or, Plato's universale Soul in motion, or his harmonicall problem uniting the same and th'other together or his blending an Ens and a non Entity in unity with each other as hitherto accounted desperata's by all mankind

by Philip Burton

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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163, 16 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm 163, 16 pages : 20 cm Manuscript contains a compilation of extracts on Pythagoras' number symbolism and Neoplatonism illustrated with geometrical diagrams. Following the first text is a short text entitled, "A comical history of the state and empire of the moon,' written in the same hand, in the opposite direction and beginning from back cover Manuscript Title transcribed from title page Approximate date from multiple inscriptions Manuscript written on paper in dark brown ink (some oxidization), inconsistent hand throughout of differing sizes with corrections and additions, possibly Philip Burton's, whose name is inscribed. Contains manuscript page numbering and catchwords Former shelfmark: M85.Bd77 (McGill Library)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Divination and oracles, and Sacred geometry, symbolism, and numerical mysticism.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Numerology”. Retained metadata contains “Numerology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Numerology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Numerology”· in subject
  • Sacred geometry, symbolism, and numerical mysticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Numerology” and “Symbolism of numbers”. Retained metadata contains “number symbolism” in the description, “Numerology” in the subject metadata, and “Symbolism of numbers” in the subject metadata.

    • “Numerology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Symbolism of numbers”· via Internet Archive
    • “number symbolism”· in description
    • “Numerology”· in subject
    • “Symbolism of numbers”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Retained metadata contains “Neoplatonism” in the description.

    • “Neoplatonism”· in description

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or, Plato's universale Soul in motion, or his harmonicall problem uniting the same and th'other together or his blending an Ens and a non Entity in unity with each other as hitherto accounted desperata's by all mankind

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1730-01-01T00:00:00Z[London, England?] : [Philip Burton?]English—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
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internet-archive:McGillLibrary-rbsc_pythagoras-monad-triad_BoundMSG77-21965
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