1st century AD Neopythagorean philosopher, mathematician, and music theorist
For other people named Nicomachus, see Nicomachus (disambiguation).
Nicomachus of Gerasa
Plato (left) and Nicomachus (right), as inventors of music, from a 12th-century manuscript
Born
c. 60
Gerasa, Roman Syria
Died
c. 120
Notable work
Introduction to Arithmetic Manual of Harmonics
Era
Ancient Roman philosophy
School
Neopythagoreanism
Main interests
Arithmetic, Music
Notable ideas
Multiplication tables
Nicomachus of Gerasa (Greek: Νικόμαχος; c. 60 – c. 120 AD) was an Ancient Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from Gerasa, in the Roman province of Syria (now Jerash, Jordan). Like many Pythagoreans, Nicomachus wrote about the mystical properties of numbers, best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic and Manual of Harmonics, which are an important resource on Ancient Greek mathematics and Ancient Greek music in the Roman period. Nicomachus' work on arithmetic became a standard text for Neoplatonic education in Late antiquity, with philosophers such as Iamblichus and John Philoponus writing commentaries on it. A Latin paraphrase by Boethius of Nicomachus's works on arithmetic and music became standard textbooks in medieval education.
first principle. For Nicomachus, God as the supreme first principle is both the demiurge and the Intellect (nous), which Nicomachus also equates to being...
This identity is sometimes called Nicomachus's theorem, after Nicomachus of Gerasa (c. 60 – c. 120 CE). Nicomachus, at the end of Chapter 20 of his Introduction...
Nicomachus (Greek: Νικόμαχος) was a Macedonian of humble birth, brother of Cebalinus and eromenos of Dimnus, whose "conspiracy" set the stage for the so-called...
Nicomachus Flavianus (fl. 382–432), sometimes referred to as Flavianus the Younger, was a grammarian and a politician of the Roman Empire. He was the son...
Gaius Asinius Nicomachus Julianus (c. 185 – aft. or c. 230) was the Proconsul of Asia between c. 225 and c. 230. He was the son of Gaius Asinius Protimus...
Martha Nussbaum. The title is usually assumed to refer to Aristotle's son Nicomachus. One theory is that the work was dedicated to him, another is that it...
("De Allegoriis Legum", ii.12 [i.66]). The Neopythagorean philosopher Nicomachus of Gerasa affirmed that one is not a number, but the source of number...
rather than a lack of talent. Nicomachus was taught by his father, Aristodemus, who was also a painter. Among Nicomachus's students were his young brother...
prefect Virius Nicomachus Flavianus, his father might be identified with his relative Clementianus, while he was probably a nephew of Nicomachus Flavianus...
Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus signo Honorius (simplified as Amnius Anicius Paulinus; fl. 334–335 AD) was a politician of the Roman...
had a son also called Nicomachus Flavianus and maybe another son called Venustus; he was also grandfather of Appius Nicomachus Dexter and of Galla. His...
formed a conspiracy to murder the king. Dimnus revealed to his eromenos Nicomachus the names of the conspirators (Demetrius, Peucolaus, Nicanor, Aphobetus...
of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian...
of Nicomachus, the eromenos of Dimnus, who instigated a plot against Alexander in 330 BC. When Dimnus revealed the plot to Nicomachus, Nicomachus revealed...
numerology. Nicomachus' treatises were well known in Greek, Latin and the Arabic worlds. In the 9th century an Arabic translation of Nicomachus' Introduction...
coming from the senatorial class. Virius Nicomachus Flavianus the Elder became praetorian prefect, his son Nicomachus Flavianus the Younger received the title...
about Pythagorean doctrine. According to August Böckh (1819), who cites Nicomachus, Philolaus was the successor of Pythagoras. He argued that at the foundation...
Together Aristotle and Herpyllis had a son, named Nicomachus after Aristotle's father. Nicomachus was quite young when Aristotle wrote his will, as can...
possibly Sextus Anicius Faustus Paulinianus or Marcus Junius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Faustus Paulinus – see Torres, Milton Luiz Christian Burial Practices...
mathematics, and the mathematician Nicomachus noted 8128 as early as around AD 100. In modern language, Nicomachus states without proof that every perfect...
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