Philosopher
Theon of Smyrna
Overview
Theon of Smyrna (Greek: Θέων ὁ Σμυρναῖος Theon ho Smyrnaios, gen. Θέωνος Theonos; fl. 100 CE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician, whose works were strongly influenced by the Pythagorean school of thought. His surviving On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato is an introductory survey of Greek mathematics.
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Philosophers who discussed Theon of Smyrna
Ideas Theon of Smyrna discusses
- Greece
- Philosophy
- Parity (mathematics)
- Almagest
- Ancient Greek mathematics
- Mathematician
- Moon
- Number theory
- Plato
- Pythagoras
- Ptolemy
- Pythagoreanism
- Alexandria
- Square root of 2
- Octave
- Harmony
- Astronomy
- Arabic
- Ratio
- Music of ancient Greece
Place in the tradition
Part of Middle Platonism.