...Pythagoras, the arithmetic of Nicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with...illustrated by the indefatigable pen of the Roman senator. (4:212). Boethius clearly qualifies as a worthy subject of literary biography, not only in his exercise...

...Pythagoras, the arithmetic ofNicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the Astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with...capable of describing the wonders of art, a sundial, a water clock, or a sphere which represented the motions of the planets. From these abstruse speculations,...