Exhortation to Philosophy (Protrepticus)

CHAPTERS OF THE SECOND BOOK.

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A What is the starting point according to Pythagoras for the introduction to education and philosophy, and how is it most universal and extending to all goods related to philosophy, what is its order, that it is divided into three parts, and how it always 5

advances toward the purer.

B Exhortatory gnome-like original: "Gnomica", referring to maxims or aphorisms resemblances from things evident to all, stirring our readiness to take hold of virtue, which is understood commonly according to every school. 10

Γ Pythagorean exhortatory maxims in verse, able to summon one to all the best and most divine philosophy.

Δ Scientific approaches tending toward the exhortation of theoretical philosophy, while also providing a teaching 15

p. 4 K. as to how great a good wisdom is, and for what reasons it is to be pursued by those who think well.

E Pythagorean exhortations proper, much differing from the exhortations found in other philosophers and making their approaches unique. 20

F Mixed exhortations toward both practical and political virtue, and toward the acquisition and use of the more perfect wisdom according to the intellect.