Aesara

Aesara of Lucania (Gr. polytonic|Αισάρα) was a late Pythagorean philosopher, said to be a daughter of Pythagoras, who wrote a work "about Human Nature," of which a fragment is preserved by Stobaeus. [Stobaeus, Ed. i. p. 847, ed. Heeren] This is the only fragment of the book still extant but it shows an intuitive natural law theory and a belief in the tripartite nature of the human soul.

She says::"Human nature seems to me to provide a standard of law and justice both for the home and for the city."

and of the soul:

:"Being of threefold, it is organized in accordance with triple functions: that which effects judgment and thoughtfulness (the mind)... that which effects strength and ability is (high spirit)... and that which effects love and kindliness is desire."

Some editors attri­bute this fragment to Aresas, one of the successors of Pythagoras. [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Aesara
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 36
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year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0045.html ] She is also mentioned in the life of Pythagoras, ["ap. Phot. Cod." 249, p. 438, b. ed. Bekker] where some scholars read polytonic|Αισάρα instead of polytonic|Σάρα. [Bentley, "Dissertation upon Phalaris" p. 277]

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