[First posted in AWOL 15 April 2018, updated 10 May 2026]
Pythagoras Foundation Newsletter
Pythagoras Foundation is an information center about the philosophy of Pythagoras, Pythagoreans and presocratic philosophers.The main characters are: Pythagoras, Archytas, Philolaus, Alcmaeon, Nicomachus, Empedocles, Apollonius of Tyana, Hypatia of Alexandria and Theon.The Golden Verses of Pythagoras are an important part of the collection.Other topics are: Pythagorean way of life (including vegetarianism), Somnium Scipionis, Tabula Cebetis, Tetractys, harmony of the spheres, pentagram, reincarnation and the letter Y.The library collects all publications concerning the above mentioned items.It unlocks this information, put the bibliographic data in databases and makes them public. It propagates its goals through the media.The Foundation publishes a Newsletter once a year. The current Newsletter can be found on the Web site, older Newsletters can be requested.Newsletter 30, 2025
PYTHAGORAS AND VEGETARIANISM
Contents:
- Introduction, Pythagoras Foundation library, Colophon
- Rubens / Snyders Painting, Anton Günther Heshusius, Dogma Pythagoricum de abstinentia carnium, Antonio Cocchi books. Ovid, Metamorphoses Book XV, title pages.
- New publications in 2024: Internet / Academia, Conferences, Books, Book chapters, Book reviews, Journal articles.
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Newsletter 29, 2024
Contents:
- Introduction, Pythagoras Foundation
- Plato’s Academy mosaic, Pompeii.
- Gaspare Brescia; statue of Pythagoras
- Salvatore Mongiardo; books
- Salvatore Mongiardo; L’ETICA UNIVERSALE / UNIVERSAL ETHICS
- NUOVA SCUOLA PITAGORICA / The New Pythagorean School
- Facebook, academia.edu, Conferences, Books, Book chapters, Journal articles Classification
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Newsletter 28, 2023
contents:
- Introduction, Pythagoras Foundation
- Sirena, askós in bronzo.
- Francesco De Marco; CURRICULUM PROFESSIONALE / CURRICULUM VITAE.
- Francesco De Marco; INTERVISTA / INTERVIEW
- Metaponto. Land of Pitagora ; facebook
- Francesco Lopez ; facebook
- J.L. Borges : Cyclical night (La noche cíclica in English)
- Franceso de Marco; The Crab and the Heron
- Conferences; Book reviews; Books; Book chapters; Journal articles; Internet
- Appendix; Website visitors
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Newsletter 27, 2022
contents:
- Pitagora. Il monumento di Metaponto
- Pythagorean Self-Awareness Intervention (PSAI)
- Crotone, the construction of the statue of Pythagoras
- New books, Book chapters, Book reviews, Internet, academia.edu,
- Journal articles, Conferences, Website visitors
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Newsletter 26 , 2021.
Contents:
- Carl Huffman. Introduction and curriculum vitae
- Carl Huffman. Interview
- 2020 conferences, Internet, Academia.edu, Books, Book reviews, Book chapters and Journal articles. Archytas and Philolaus pictures.
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Newsletter 25, March 2020.
Contents:
- Leonid Zhmud. Introduction and curriculum vitae
- Leonid Zhmud. Interview
- Conferences , Internet, Academia.edu , New books, Book reviews, Book chapters, Journal articles, coins publications in our databases.
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Newsletter 24, March 2019.
Contents:
- NICOMACHUS OF GERASA
- Conferences , New books, Book reviews, Book chapters,
- Journal articles, Internet, Academia.edu
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Newsletter 23, February 2018
Contents:
- EMPEDOCLES
- Jean-Claude PICOT , interview + CV
- Conferences , New books, Book reviews, Book chapters,
- Journal articles, Internet, Podcasts
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Newsletter 22, February 2017
Contents:
- Sarah B. Pomeroy, interview + CV
- Pythagorean women in the DATABASES
- Hypatia in the DATABASES
- Hypatia
- Museum of Pythagoras
- Basilica Pitagorica di Porta Maggiore)
- Conferences , New books, Book reviews, Book chapters,
- Journal articles, Internet
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Newsletter 21, February 2016
Contents:
- Pythagoras, Museo Capitolino Rome.
- David Hernández de la Fuente, interview + CV
- Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques (R. Goulet, ed)
- Basilica under Porta Maggiore
- Tabula Cebetis (neoplatonism@yahoogroups.com)
- Conferences , New books, Book reviews, Book chapters,
- Journal articles, Internet
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Newsletter 20, February 2015
Contents:
- Tabula Cebetis, anonymus 1573,
- PYTHAGORAS FOUNDATION 1974 – 2014
- John Dillon, interview + CV.
- International Association for Presocratic Studies. Fourth Biennial Conference: 2014.
- Conferences, New books, New book chapters, Book reviews,
- New journal articles.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 19, February 2014
Contents:
- Salvator Rosa, Pythagoras instructing the Fishermen, 1662,
- Internationales Harmonik Zentrum
- Gerard van der Horst 1927 – 2012
- Phillip Horky, interview
- Pythagorean week in Berlin
- Conferences, New books, forthcoming, New books,
New book chapters, Book reviews, New journal articles.This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 18, Februari 2013
Contents:
- Picture: Pythagoras at University Athens
- Jean Dierkens, The Pythagorean Education
- John Bremer, Plato’s Meno and the Pythagorean Principle
- Graham Pont, Review book, Kitty Ferguson, Pythagoras 2008
- Conferences, New books, New book chapters, Book reviews, Journal articles, Internet sites
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 17, Februari 2012
Contents:
- Pitagora Museum in Crotone
- Christos C. Evangeliou, Pythagoras
- Graham Pont, Dowsing and the Anima Mundi or World Soul
- Nico Bader, Pythagoras Foundation, WCPO AND WUPO (2)
- Peter Adamson, The History of Philosophy Podcast
- Conferences, Presentations, Internet video, A lâmpada, New books, New book chapters, Book reviews,
- New journal articles, Books for sale
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 16, June 2011
Contents:
- Seminar On Pythagoreanism, John Bremer;
- The Hero and the Philosopher,
- Conferences / Symposia, New books, New book chapters, Book reviews and New journal articles
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 15, December 2010
Contents:
- INSTITUTO NEO-PITAGÓRICO Jay Kennedy; the Plato Code
- John Bremer; Plato, Pythagoras, and Stichometry
- Ernest G. McClain; Musical Adventures in Ancient Mythology
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 14, June 2010
Contents:
- Johan C. Thom: interview
- Golden Verses, translated by Johan Thom
- The Death of Pythagoras, by Bruce Pennington,
- Conferences / Symposia
- News, New books, New book chapters, Book reviews
- New journal articles
- Internet, film
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 13, December 2009
Contents:
- Stater of Kroton (coin 530-520 B.C.E.)
- Marcel Roggemans: interview p 4
- Recente boeken van Marcel Roggemans p 6
- Emil Kramer, Raphael’s School of Athens: the big picture (abstract)
- Graham Pont, A Monument of Pythagorean Scholarship
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 12, June 2009
Contents:
- Krishnamurti postcard,
- Constantinos Macris: interview for the Pythagorean Foundation
- Constantinos Macris: curriculum vitae
- Nico Bader, Pythagoras Foundation, WCPO and WUPO (part 1)
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 11, December 2008
Contents:
- Pythagoras advocating Vegetarianism (painting p 3 Peter Paul Rubens)
- Serge Mouraviev, Encyclopedie permanente, interactive et evolutive p 4
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 10, June 2008
Contents:
- Crotone monument: Pythagoras and Alkmaion
- Graham Pont, Analogia: The Pythagorean Unity of the Liberal Arts and Professions
- James Rives, Apollonius of Tyana and the Theology of Sacrifice
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 9, December 2007
Contents:
- Wouter Bleijenberg, ORDO ROSAE AUREAE (ORA) 50th Anniversary
- Luca Bemardini, Food for thought
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 8, June 2007
Contents:
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 7, December 2006
Contents:
- Mita Darbari, Ecology, Mathematics and Pythagoras
- Leslie Greenhill, Grand design in the work of Leonardo, Vitrivius, Plato and Herodotus.
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 6, June 2006
Contents:
- Leonid Zhmud Pythagorean communities: from the individual to the collective portrait,
- Jurgen van den Hout. Van tetraktys tot toonklok. Een onderzoek naar de harmonie der sferen bij hedendaagse componisten (samenvatting)
- Joel Kalvesmaki I Number symbolism in the late second and early third century (abstract)
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 5, December 2005
Contents:
- Tabula Cebetis (picture Francisco Foppens, Antwerpen 1672:
- Harmonie der sferen. OGC-symposium
- Anna S. Kuznetsova. The concept of Harmony in Ancient Philosophy (abstract)
- Linda Ardito, Pythagorean Musical Art in Historical Context (abstract)
- Nico Bader, Tabula Cebetis
- Conferences I Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.Newsletter 4, June 2005
Contents:
- Ruud de Zwarte, Pythagorean Mathematics in an Archaic Temple at Paestum in South Italy
- Mita Darbari, Contribution of Pythagoras towards Women Empowerment
- Conferences, Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.
Newsletter 3, December 2004
Contents:
- Graham Pont, Pythagoreans in Australia,
- Rosala Garzuze, Pythagorean Medicine,
- Conferences, Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.
Newsletter 2, June 2004
Contents:
- AmbjOrn Naeve, The garden of Knowledge (abstract)
- Rosala Garzuze, The Golden Verses of Pythagoras,
- Conferences, Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous.
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.
Newsletter 1, December 2003
Contents:
- Gerard van der Horst, The Pythagorean Library of the Stichting Pythagoras
- Ronald Strong, The Pythagorean Library in Holland
- Conferences, Lectures, New books, Book chapters, Book reviews,
- Journal articles, Miscellaneous
This Newsletter can be requested by email:
nico.bader@stichting-pythagoras.nl.
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