Preserved in the anthology of Stobaeus and translated by the Platonist Thomas Taylor, these fragments gather what survives of Pythagorean political writing. Hippodamus, Diotogenes, Archytas, Charondas and Zaleucus write on kingship, law and justice, sanctity, the changes of constitutions and the duties of citizens toward the gods and the dead.
A rare window on ancient political philosophy for students of Pythagoreanism and the classical idea of the state. Download the free EPUB.