Pythagoreanism, the Divine, and the Nature of Eternity

[I compiled this paper in December 2017 to provide background detail for a speculative discussion of ancient patterns of thought outside Greece, and in particular in connection with thought in Britain before the arrival of the Roman legions. This question is worth looking at since we are told by a number of ancient writers that there were certain resemblances between the ideas and beliefs held by the priests in the British Isles, and those associated with the followers of Pythagoras.

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