Zhmud

Some scholars argue that there were books by Pythagoreans earlier than Philolaus (Zhmud 1989 and 1997), but, where there is clear evidence for a book, it is unlikely that the figure is a Pythagorean

Philolaus Huffman, Carl 2008

Reysa Miselevich, from the region of Zhmud in northwestern Lithuania, escaped the destruction of the entire Jewish population there in July 1941, when they were incarcerated in improvised camps guarded by Lithuanians.

Witnesses to Horror 2008

(Riginos 1976, 146; Zhmud 1998, 217) and perhaps served as a sort of foundation myth for the science of mechanics, a myth which explained the separation of mechanics from philosophy as the result of a quarrel between two philosophers.

Archytas Huffman, Carl 2007

Zhmud (1997, 67-74) has argued that it begs the question to use a doctrinal criterion to identify Pythagoreans.

Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006

Zhmud (1992) has argued that the split is an invention of the later tradition, partially on the grounds that there are no individuals that can be confidently identified as acusmatici.

Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006

It seems rash, given this confused evidence, to follow Zhmud and regard Thymaridas as a younger contemporary or pupil of Archytas (1997, 74).

Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006

His alternative, however, to regard as Pythagoreans those figures identified by reliable ancient sources runs into difficulties as well, as is shown by Iamblichus 'catalogue, which Zhmud does accept as reliable, but which is problematic for the reasons just given.

Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006

There is no reason to regard the physician Acron of Acragas as a Pythagorean, as Zhmud does (1997, 73).

Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006

Ginzburg, born in the townlet Salant, in the Zhmud region, [1] lived for some time in Courland, and finally settled in Vilna.

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Zhmud 1997, 198 and Lasserre 1954, 36), but this is wrongly to assume that all early Greek mathematics is Pythagorean.

Archytas Huffman, Carl 2007