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Pythagoras

Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας; c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath, and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy. Modern scholars disagree…

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Born
c. 570 BC Samos
Died
c. 495 BC (aged around 75) either Croton or Metapontum
Era
Pre-Socratic philosophy
Main interests
Ethics · Mathematics · Metaphysics · Music theory · Mysticism
Notable ideas
Communalism · Metempsychosis · Musica universalis · Five climatic zones · Five regular solids
Region
Western philosophy

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