On the Pythagorean Life
Peri tou Pythagorikou Biou
A biography of Pythagoras that treats him as a semi-divine sage prescribes the Pythagorean life as a religious and philosophical discipline, part of what many scholars read as Iamblichus's larger project of using Pythagorean and Platonic tradition to shore up pagan philosophical identity, though the text itself never names or directly engages Christianity.
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