Foreword by L.G. Westerlink

        Preface

        A Note on the Translations

I) AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PYTHAGOREAN TEACHINGS

    Part One - The Neo-Pythagorean Writings: An Historical Perspective

    Part Two - An Outline of the Pythagoreans' teachings

        One - Pythagoras's Life, and the Pythagorean Community
        Two - Pythagoras' Views on Religion
        Three - Pythagorean Ethics and the Life of Harmony
        Four - Pythagorean Views on Politics and Government
        Five - Pythagorean Doctrines on the Cosmic Creation and the Four Elements
        Six - Some Mathematical Ideas of the Pythagoreans
        Seven - Pythagorean Doctrines on Music
        Eight - Conclusion

II) THE PYTHAGOREAN WRITINGS

    PART ONE - MORALS AND ETHICS

        Archytas, Ethical Fragments
        Ocellus Lucanus, From On the Universe, PART IV:  The Growth of Men
        Charondas, Selections from his Treatise of Laws
        Callicratidas, On the Felicity of Families
        Phyntis, Selections from On Woman's Temperance
        Pericthyone, On the Duties of a Woman  On the Harmony of a Woman
        Euryphamus, Concerning Human Life
        Hipparchus, On Tranquility
        Hierocles, Ethical Fragments, Part IV:  On Fraternal Love

    PART TWO - POLITICS, SOCIETY, AND LAW

        Archytas, Political Fragments
        Ocellus Lucanus, On Laws
        Hippodamus, From On a Republic
        Ecphantus, On a Kingdom

    PART THREE - NATURAL SCIENCE

        Philolaus, Fragments on the nature of the cosmos
        Ocellus Lucanus, On the Universe
        Timaeus Locrius, The Soul and the World

    PART FOUR - MATHEMATICS, MUSIC AND HARMONY

        Philolaus, Fragments on mathematics, music, and cosmic harmony
        Archytas, Fragments on music

    PART FIVE - METAPHYSICAL FRAGMENTS

        Archytas, Metaphysical Fragments
        Diotogenes, On the Four Causes of Things

    PART SIX - PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE

        Theages, On the Virtues
        Metopus, Concerning Virtue
        Polus, On Justice

   PART SEVEN - RELIGION

        Philolaus, fragments on the soul and immortality
        Diotogenes, From On Sanctity
        Crito, On God's Creation of Man

    PART EIGHT - MAXIMS AND ADAGES

        Pythagorean Maxims and Adages on Life
        Sayings Attributed to Pythagoras