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The so-called Arithmetical Theology Theologumena Arithmeticae: A treatise exploring the mystical and divine properties of numbers from a philosophical perspective., though they are falsely attributed to Nicomachus Nicomachus of Gerasa (c. 60–120 AD) was a highly influential mathematician; however, scholars believe this specific work is a later compilation of his ideas rather than his own writing., we have nevertheless judged worthy of being reprinted. This is due both to the merit of the work itself and on account of the singular rarity of that unique Parisian edition (published in 1543, in quarto format), which we felt deserved to be issued in type once more. As is clear from the booklet itself and from those excerpts found in Photius Photius (c. 810–893 AD) was a Byzantine scholar and Patriarch whose 'Bibliotheca' preserved summaries of many ancient Greek works that are now lost., the text contains only fragments gathered and compiled from the books of Nicomachus, Anatolius Anatolius of Laodicea was a 3rd-century mathematician and bishop who wrote on the "decad," the first ten numbers., and others.

Indeed, there is almost no other book in existence in which the reasoning and theoretical musings of the Pythagoreans Followers of Pythagoras, who believed that numbers were the fundamental essence of all reality. and Platonists concerning numbers are found explained so abundantly. These ideas, while they differ most widely from our own modern way of philosophizing and our methods of treating numbers, are nonetheless vital for anyone who seeks to understand the history of ancient philosophy and its various—