Iamblichus

Attributed to Iamblichus (4th cent. AD), The Theology of Arithmetic explores the mystical, mathematical, and cosmological symbolism of the first ten numbers. It is the longest work on number symbolism to survive from the ancient world. Robin Waterfield's careful translation contains helpful footnotes, an extensive glossary, bibliography, and a foreword by Keith Critchlow. This important sourcework has never before been...