Nicomachus
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Nicomachus of Gerasa was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from Gerasa.
Plato (left) and Nicomachus (right), as inventors of music, from a 12th-century manuscript
Boethius
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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central
Nicomachus
…for Neoplatonic education in Late antiquity, with philosophers such as Iamblichus and John Philoponus writing commentaries on it. A Latin paraphrase by Boethius of Nicomachus's works on arithmetic and music became standard textbooks in medieval education. Little is known about the life of Nicomachus except that…
Medieval illustration of Boethius
Consular diptych depicting Narius Manlius Boethius, Boethius's birth father
Boethius (right) and his adoptive father, Symmachus (left); both had been appointed consuls in their own right.
Manuscript depicting Boethius teaching students (initial) and while imprisoned