Philolaus (Graece: Φιλόλαος) (natus ca. 470 a.C.n.–obiit ca. 370 a.C.n.), fuit musicus et philosophus praesocraticus Graecus. Qui de limite, de re sine limite et de theoria heliocentrica cogitavit.

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Wikidata Philolaus Crotoniensis
Res apud Vicidata repertae:
Nativitas: 470 a.C.n.; Croto, Tarentum
Obitus: 390 a.C.n.; Thebae
Patria: Croto
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Bibliographia

  • Philolaos-Fragmente, ed. in: Hermann Diels: Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker.
  • August Boeckh, Philolaos des Pythagoreers Lehren, nebst den Bruchstücken seines Werkes, Voss, Berolini 1819
  • Carl A. Huffman, Philolaus of Croton: Pythagorean and Presocratic. A Commentary on the Fragments and Testimonia with interpretive Essays, Cambridge University Press, Cantabrigiae 1993 (iterum 2006)
  • Neumaier, Wilfried, Tonsysteme - ein interessantes Kapitel der Musik-Mathematik-Geschichte, in: Mitteilungen der mathematischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg, 22 (2003), p. 5-26.

Nexus externi

Lexica biographica:  Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana Den store danske Deutsche Biographie Treccani 
  • De Philolao (Anglice)
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