Aristoxenus of Tarentum: The Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life) An Edition of and Commentary on the Fragments with an Introduction
Book contents
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Fragments with Translation and Commentary
- 11 The Pythagorean Precepts: A Reconstructed Text in English
- 12 Fragment 1: Obedience to Parents and the Laws (34 W)
- 13 Fragment 2: The Importance of Order and Supervision for Every Age of Life (35 W)
- 14 Fragment 3: Desire (37 W)
- 15 Fragment 4: The Generation of Children (39 W)
- 16 Fragment 5: The Love of What is Beautiful and Fine (40 W)
- 17 Fragment 6: Learning Must be Willing (36 W)
- 18 Fragment 7: Luck (41 W)
- 19 Fragment 8: Human Nature is Prone to Excess and Needs the Supervision of the Gods, Parents, and Laws (33 W)
- 20 Fragment 9: On Opinion, the Training of Children and Young People, Pleasure, Desire, Diet, and the Generation of Children (38 W)
- 21 Fragment 10: The Appropriate and the Inappropriate in Human Interaction. On Starting Points and Rulers
- 22 Fragment 11: Friendship
- Appendices
- Concordance with the Fragment Numbers in Wehrli’s Edition
- Bibliography
- Select Index of Greek Words and Phrases Discussed
- Index Locorum
- General Index
18 - Fragment 7: Luck (41 W)
from Part II - Fragments with Translation and Commentary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2019
Edited and translated by
Book contents
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: the Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Fragments with Translation and Commentary
- 11 The Pythagorean Precepts: A Reconstructed Text in English
- 12 Fragment 1: Obedience to Parents and the Laws (34 W)
- 13 Fragment 2: The Importance of Order and Supervision for Every Age of Life (35 W)
- 14 Fragment 3: Desire (37 W)
- 15 Fragment 4: The Generation of Children (39 W)
- 16 Fragment 5: The Love of What is Beautiful and Fine (40 W)
- 17 Fragment 6: Learning Must be Willing (36 W)
- 18 Fragment 7: Luck (41 W)
- 19 Fragment 8: Human Nature is Prone to Excess and Needs the Supervision of the Gods, Parents, and Laws (33 W)
- 20 Fragment 9: On Opinion, the Training of Children and Young People, Pleasure, Desire, Diet, and the Generation of Children (38 W)
- 21 Fragment 10: The Appropriate and the Inappropriate in Human Interaction. On Starting Points and Rulers
- 22 Fragment 11: Friendship
- Appendices
- Concordance with the Fragment Numbers in Wehrli’s Edition
- Bibliography
- Select Index of Greek Words and Phrases Discussed
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
Concerning luck they said the following: A part of it is divine, for some inspiration arises from the divine for some people, either for the better or for the worse, and it is clearly in accordance with precisely this that some are lucky and some are unlucky. This is most clearly seen when those who do something with no prior consideration and without plan are often successful, while those who do something after planning in advance and taking correct precautions fail.
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- Aristoxenus of Tarentum: The Pythagorean Precepts (How to Live a Pythagorean Life)An Edition of and Commentary on the Fragments with an Introduction, pp. 238 - 257Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019