Do not look in a mirror beside a light.The school of Pythagoras was every bit as much a religion as a school of Thereafter defeated utterly the luxurious city of Sybaris. Just as he arrived, Croton lost a war to neighboring city Locri, but soon On the eastern coast of Italy, a place of relative peace and safety. Probably because of continual conflicts and strife in Samos, Pythagoras settled in Croton, His knowledge from the Egyptians, as had Thales before him. In times of conflict - which were frequent. Under the rule of the tyrant Polycrates, who had a tendency to switch alliances On the western coast of what is now Turkey. Pythagoras (fl 580-500, BC) was born in Samos Pythagorean philosophy was the prime source of inspirationįor Plato and Aristotle the influence of these philosophers is Mathematics and physics, even the western tradition of liberal education no matter what the discipline. The philosophy of Pythagoras and his school has impacted the very fiber of Historically, Pythagoras means much more that the familiar theorem about right triangles.

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