{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2023.tlg002.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg002.local001","title":"Protrepticus","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Iamblichus","authorityName":"IAMBLICHUS Phil.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg2023-iamblichus/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg2023-iamblichus/","editors":["Ermenegildo Pistelli"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Harvard College Library","sourceTitle":"Iamblichi Protrepticus","edition":null,"publisher":"Teubner","place":"Leipzig","date":"1888","volume":null,"series":null,"citation":null,"citationShort":null},"rights":{"text":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},"provenance":{"authority":"Harvard College Library","sponsors":["Harvard College Library"],"funders":["Harvard Library Arcadia Fund"],"principal":"Gregory Crane","responsibilities":[{"role":"Corrected and encoded the text","names":[]},{"role":"Editor-in-Chief, Perseus Digital Library","names":[]},{"role":"Project Manager (University of Leipzig)","names":[]},{"role":"Project Assistant (University of Leipzig)","names":[]},{"role":"Lead Developer (University of Leipzig)","names":[]},{"role":"Technical Advisor","names":[]},{"role":"Librarian for Hellenic Studies and Coordinator for the Classics Collection Development","names":[]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"https://archive.org/stream/iamblichiprotrep00jamb#page/n7/mode/2up","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Iamblichus. Protrepticus. ed. Ermenegildo Pistelli. Iamblichi Protrepticus, Leipzig, Teubner, 1888. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg002.local001","excerpt":"p. 3K. Α Τίς ἡ ἀρχὴ κατὰ Πυθαγόραν τῆς εἰς παιδείαν καὶ φιλοσοφίαν εἰσαγωγῆς, καὶ πῶς κοινοτάτη ἐστὶ καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ εἰς φιλοσοφίαν ἀγαθὰ διατείνουσα, τίς τε αὐτῆς ἡ τάξις καὶ ὅτι τριχῇ διαιρεῖται, καὶ πῶς ἀεὶ πρόεισιν ἐπὶ τὸ καθαρώτερον. B Γνωμικὰ ὁμοιώματα προτρεπτικὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναργῶν πᾶσι κινοῦντα ἡμῶν τὴν προθυμίαν ἐπὶ τὸ γενναίως ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τῆς κοινῶς κατὰ πᾶσαν αἵρεσιν νοουμένης ἀρετῆς. Γ Πυθαγορικαὶ γνῶμαι προτρεπτικαὶ ἔμμετροι, εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀρίστην καὶ θειοτάτην φιλοσοφίαν παρακαλεῖν δυνάμεναι. Δ Ἐπιστημονικαὶ ἔφοδοι εἰς προτροπὴν τείνουσαι τῆς θεωρητικῆς φιλοσοφίας μετὰ τοῦ καὶ διδασκαλίαν παρέχειν p 4K. ὅσον τε καὶ ἡλίκον ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἡ σοφία καὶ διὰ τίνας αἰτίας περισπούδαστον τοῖς εὖ φρονοῦσι. Ε Πυθαγορικαὶ ἰδίως προτροπαὶ πολὺ παραλλάττουσαι τὰς παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις φιλοσόφοις παρακλήσεις καὶ ἰδίας ποιούμεναι τὰς ἐφόδους. F Σύμμικτοι προτροπαὶ πρός τε τὴν πρακτικὴν καὶ…","divisions":[{"label":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΥ ΔΟΓΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-praef"},{"label":"ΙΑΜΒΛΙΧΟΥ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΙΛΗΣ P. 1a. P. 8K. ΣΥΡΙΑΣ ΠΡΟΤΡΕΠΤΙΚΟΣ ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑΝ.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-1"},{"label":"Chapter 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-2"},{"label":"Chapter 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-3"},{"label":"Chapter 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-4"},{"label":"Chapter 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-5"},{"label":"Chapter 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-6"},{"label":"Chapter 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-7"},{"label":"Chapter 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-8"},{"label":"Chapter 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-9"},{"label":"Chapter 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-10"},{"label":"Chapter 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-11"},{"label":"Chapter 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-12"},{"label":"Chapter 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-13"},{"label":"Chapter 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-14"},{"label":"Chapter 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-15"},{"label":"Chapter 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-16"},{"label":"Chapter 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-17"},{"label":"Chapter 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-18"},{"label":"Chapter 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-19"},{"label":"Chapter 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-20"},{"label":"Chapter 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/#tlg2023-tlg002-local001-21"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2023.tlg002.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2023/tlg002/local001.json.gz"}}