Grice e Zopiro –
Roma – filosofia italiana – l’arma del filosofo a Cumae -- Luigi Speranza (Taranto). Filosofo italiano. Pythagorean. Giamblico. He
appears to have specialised in mechanical matters, and in particular the design
and construction of weapons. His skills were evidently in demand and there are
reports of him working in places as far apart as Miletus and Cumae. Grice: “That
he is of ‘Hellenic’ origin is evident by the fact that his name starts with a ‘Z,’
a letter which Catone managed to expel from the Latin alphabet. Catone would
say: ‘z’ is the sound a corpse makes just before it becomes one’ – rudely. He
probably knew. Giamblico, of Calcide, seems to have been very familiar with
Italian geography, since he lists all these ‘Pythagoreans,’ who managed to
settle (while the sect was banned in Crotone) all over the place. Taranto is
close enough, but it seems indeed that Zopiro’s skills led him as far as Cumae.
Recall taxis or ubers were unknown then!’. For Grice’s Play-Group. The
Swimming-Pool Library.
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