A study of the Pythagorean tradition as it evolved during the seventeenth century in England. Concentration on its inter-relationship with some forms of Protestant beliefs but especially in accounting for the cause and character of Sir Christopher Wren's change of vocation from a natural philosopher to a Pythagorean architect.
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