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Onatas (philosopher)
Onatas (Greek: Ὀνάτας; 5th century BC?) of Croton[1] or [2] Joannes Laurentius Lydus, De Mens. 2. 12
Tarentum[2] was a Pythagorean philosopher.[3] Nothing [3] Trevor Curnow, (2006), The philosophers of the
is known about his life, but a long passage from a work ancient world: an A to Z guide, page 201
entitled On God and the Divine (Greek: Περὶ δεου̂ καὶ δείου) [4] Stobaeus, i. 1. 39
is preserved Stobaeus.[4] The work probably dates from [5] Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica
the 1st century BC or AD and is part of the pseudonymous medievale, (1999), Volume 10, page 3. Società
Neo-Pythagorean literature. internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo latino,
The author ("Pseudo-Onatas") argues that God is a Centro italiano di studi sull’alto Medioevo.
governing part of the universe,[5] although the universe [6] P. L. Reynolds, "The Essence, Power and Presence
itself is not God but only divine.[6] He argued against the of God" in Édouard Jeauneau, Haijo Jan Westra,
belief in a single deity on the basis of the many "powers" (1992), From Athens to Chartres: neoplatonism and
in the universe; they must belong to different gods.[7] He medieval thought, page 355. BRILL
also claimed that the earthy mixture of the body defiles [7] James M. Reese, (1970), Hellenistic influence on the
the purity of the soul.[8] Book of Wisdom and its consequences, page 56.
Pontificium Institutum Biblicum
Notes [8] James M. Reese, (1970), Hellenistic influence on the
Book of Wisdom and its consequences, page 87.
[1] Iamblichus, Vit. Pyth. 267 Pontificium Institutum Biblicum
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