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Pythagoras
Pythagoras (
c.580–500 bc) Greek philosopher and founder of the Pythagorean school. The Pythagoreans were bound to their teacher by rigid vows and were ascetic in their way of life. They believed in the
transmigration of souls and that numbers and their interrelationships constitute the true nature of the universe. Pythagoras is credited with advances in mathematics and geometry, medicine and philosophy. The famous
theorem, that the square of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides, is named after him, but was already known to the Egyptians and Babylonians. His school was suppressed at the end of the 6th century, but the Romans revived its doctrines
c.500 years later.
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M2 Presswire; 12/23/2004; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/13/1996; ; 700+ words
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M2 Presswire; 12/12/2007; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Hinduism Today; 4/30/2001; ; 700+ words
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Number secrets: in the world of Pythagoras, "all is number." (Activity to Discover).
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Point of Beginning; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
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Pythagoras in The Renaissance: The Case of Marsilio Ficino.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
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Pythagoras
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Pythagoras of Samos
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PYTHAGORAS OF SAMOS ( b. Samos, ca. 560 b...astronomy. Most of the sources concerning Pythagoras ’ life, activities, and...scarcely touch upon the points of Pythagoras ’ career that are of interest...
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Pythagoras of Rhegium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Theano
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Plato
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
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