An ancient Greek philosopher. Born in Croton (or Taras), a town in southern Italy. A representative Pythagorean. He developed Pythagoras's theory of the soul, number theory, and celestial theory, for example, preaching the theory that the body is the tomb of the soul (soma-sema theory), allocating components (fire, earth, air, water, aether [?]) to five types of regular polyhedrons, and believing that ten celestial bodies, including the Earth, revolve around a central fire called the "furnace of all things" and the "house of Zeus." There is a well-known legend that Plato plagiarized the work of Philolaus to write "Timaeus." [Mikiya Suzuki] [References] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
古代ギリシアの哲学者。南イタリアの町クロトン(あるいはタラス)に生まれる。代表的なピタゴラス学徒。ピタゴラスの霊魂論、数論、天体論などを発展させ、たとえば、肉体は霊魂の墓であるという説(ソーマ・セーマ説)を唱えたり、5種類の正多面体に構成要素(火、土、空気、水、アイテール〔?〕)を割り振ったり、「万物のかまど」「ゼウスの家」とよばれる中心火の周りを地球を含む10個の天体が回っていると考えたりした、と伝えられる。プラトンがフィロラオスの著作を剽窃(ひょうせつ)して『ティマイオス』を書いたとする伝承は有名である。 [鈴木幹也] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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