PYTHAGORAS
Biography
Interesting facts
World views
How the arché is understood
570 - 490 BC
Whereabouts
Studied in Miletus
Egypt
Miletus
Moved to Croton
Founded a chool which thaught
Born in Somos
Philosophy
Math
Music
Astronomy
Founded a cult (theory)
Divine revelation
brainwashing
Arbitary rules
Secrecy
Mathematikoi
Akousmatikoi
Philosphically and mathemathically oriented Pythagoras followers
Focus on things that Pythagoras has studied
No books or writings by Pythagoras have survived, so he probably taught by speaking to his followers.
Focus on the mystical and cospirational things Pythagoras has said
Spiritually centered
Rules
Don't stir a fire with a knife?
Rub out marks?
Spit on clippings?
No swallows indoors??
Don't urinate facing the sun???
Don't sacrifice white roosters
No rings?
Famous Mathematikoi
Philolaus (470 - 385 BC)
numbers were the elements of all beings and the universe as a whole was composed of harmony and numbers
Archytas (428 - 347 BC)
Pythagoras may have had a condition known as synesthesia.
A special type of cup is credited to Pythagoras. The cup works normally when the user sips from it, although the contents are spilled if the user drinks too quickly.
He believed that science and religion were connected, which is a rather controversial belief for the way we view the world now.
Pythagoras believed that the human soul returned over and over again into people, animals and even vegetables.
Pythagoras believed that he had already lived four lives, all of which he could remember.
everything could be reduced to numbers: the whole universe had been built using mathematics
the truth behind the everyday reality we experience lies in numbers
seeking the 'theory of everything' or the 'grand unification' is Pythagoreans philosophy