The Golden Number
Pythagorean Rites and Rhythms in the Development of Western Civilization
$81.90
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2016
Summary
The first English translation of Ghyka’s masterwork on sacred geometry
- Reveals how the Golden Number Phi underlies the spiritual nature of beauty and the hidden harmonies that connect the whole of creation
- Explains how the spiritual mysteries of the Golden Number were passed down in an unbroken line of transmission from the Pythagorean brotherhoods through the medieval builders’ guilds to the secret societies of 18th-century Europe
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594771002 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1594771006 |
| Author: | Matila C. Ghyka, Paul Valéry |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 780g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Finally … a complete translation of Matila Ghyka’s masterwork. This foundational book is essential reading for anyone interested in the golden section, harmony, proportion, and beauty in nature, art, and architecture.” * David Fideler, author of Restoring the Soul of the World *
“Matila Ghyka’s The Golden Number is the most comprehensive and convincing demonstration that the golden ratio is indeed, as Pythagoras had posed it, the root number of the universe, expressed both in the living plants and animals and in matter forms at all scales–from galaxies, to crystals, to quantum waves–thus ever-present in mathematics, cosmology, architecture, music, and art at large. Jon Graham’s excellent translation couldn’t be more of a treasure trove at this time.” * Chris H. Hardy, Ph.D., author of The Sacred Network *
Matila C. Ghyka
Prince Matila Costiesco Ghyka (1881-1965) was a Romanian mathematician, historian, philosopher, and diplomat, who served as the Plenipotentiary Minister in the United Kingdom during the late 1930s. He was also a visiting professor of aesthetics at the University of Southern California and at the Mary Washington College in Virginia. His previous books in English include The Geometry of Art and Life and an autobiography, The World Mine Oyster. Though his prolific literary output includes fiction, poetry, and philosophy, the overarching concern of his work was a synthesis of higher mathematics and the arts.
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