- Pythagoras - Wikipedia
His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy
- Pythagoras | Biography, Philosophy, Facts | Britannica
Pythagoras, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean brotherhood
- Pythagoras - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The popular modern image of Pythagoras is that of a master mathematician and scientist The early evidence shows, however, that, while Pythagoras was famous in his own day and even 150 years later in the time of Plato and Aristotle, it was not mathematics or science upon which his fame rested
- Pythagoras - World History Encyclopedia
Pythagoras is best known in the modern day for the Pythagorean Theorem, a mathematical formula which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides
- Pythagoras - 490 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics
Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher who made important developments in mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music The theorem now known as Pythagoras's theorem was known to the Babylonians 1000 years earlier but he may have been the first to prove it
- BBC - History - Historic Figures: Pythagoras (c. 580 BC - c. 500 BC)
In approximately 500 BC, there appears to have been an uprising against the power of the Pythagoreans Pythagoras fled and is thought to have been killed or died shortly afterwards
- Who Was Pythagoras? - Classical Liberal Arts Academy
Among the earliest and most mysterious figures in the history of Western philosophy stands the Greek philosopher Pythagoras Most commonly known to modern students for the geometric theorem that bears his name, Pythagoras was far more than a mathematician
- Biography of Pythagoras - math word definition - Math Open Reference
Pythagoras settled in Crotona, a Greek colony in southern Italy, about 518 BC, and founded a philosophical and religious school where his many followers lived and worked The Pythagoreans lived by rules of behavior, including when they spoke, what they wore and what they ate
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