This is the first comprehensive study for nearly 200 years of what remains of the writings of the Presocratic philosopher Philolaus of Croton (470-390 B.C.).
This book presents a radically new interpretation of his significance for fourth-century Greek thought and provides a full commentary on all the fragments and testimonia.
The Precepts have been neglected in modern scholarship and this is the first full edition and translation of and commentary on all the surviving fragments.