La Littera Pythagorica, El simbolismo de la "Y” en la literatura y en el arte

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Emilio ASENCIO GONZÁLEZ

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From Ancient Classical times letter Y was considered more than just a letter. The so-calied Littera Pythagorica became the most influencing symbol from the Pythagorean school in the arts, the literature and the subsequent trends of thought, as it’s supposed to be created by the philosopher from Samos. It was adopted as an allegory for the two roads that men should follow in their life: Vice or Virtue. But during the Renaissance period letter Y was far more than a simple allegory for the teaching of ethics and moral from the Christian viewpoint. For Renaissance scholars the Littera Pythagorica turned into the icón and symbol for the great innovation of this period: the expression for free-wil!, man’s freedom to build his own destiny and for the new homo faber of the Renaissance.

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ASENCIO GONZÁLEZ, E. (2004). La Littera Pythagorica, El simbolismo de la "Y” en la literatura y en el arte. Alfinge. Revista De Filología, 16(16), 95–113. https://doi.org/10.21071/arf.v16i16.6854
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