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Pythagoras/Pythagoreanism
Biography
Main interests
Theory
Music
Mysticism
Metaphysics
Politics
Mathematics
Religion
Ethics
c. 575 B.C.E. - c. 495 B.C.E.
Born in Samos, off Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea
Region
Western Philosophy
Era
Pre-Socratic Philospohy
He founded a school
Philosophy, math, music, astronomy
Son of Mnesarchus
He fled to southern Italy, Croton, to escape the harsh dictatorship of Polycrates
Founded a cult
Divine revelation, brainwashing, arbitrary rules, secrecy
In his youth he studied in Meletis OR he went to study in Egypt
Arché - main elements
the metaphysics of numbers and the concept that reality, including music and astronomy, is, at its deepest level, mathematical in nature
the heavenly destiny of the soul and the possibility of its rising to union with the divine
the use of philosophy as a means of spiritual purification
World explanation
The information here is either by Pythaoras himself for his followers. Some of them are Philolaus and Archytas.
Music
Discovery of the octava
If music can be described in numbers everything can be described in numbers as well.
Balance
Health disorder was a sign of disbalance that has to be restored fully.
The movement of cosmic bodies depended on harmonious number
Transmigration of the soul - after a being dies, its soul migrates to to body of another being, either an animal or human. This view is oftenly associated with Pythagoras since it is suggested that he used to study in Egypt. This belief was common in ancient Egypt too and many people state that this Pythagoras's view was infleunced by the people there. We can not be sure about that, what we know for sure is that the famous phylosopher believed in that theory.
Claims that he has memories from pevious lifes
Claims that he recognised the voice of a deceased friend of his in a dog's barking
Goat of the thoery: After a particluar nyumber of rebirths, approcimately 3000 year, the soul can stop miggrating as it is completely free.
10 opposites
According to Pythagoras, those 10 opposutes were fundamentally essentail to understanding the reality.
Example
Male vs Female
Evil vs Good
Unlimited vs Limit
A leader of a spiritual cult
Numbers
According to Aristotel each number had a meaning
Examples
Number 3-male
Number 4- justice
Number 2- female
Interesting facts
He was very fond of music
Pythagoras believed that he had already lived four lives
Pythagoras believed the Earth was round
