Founding of the Pythagorean Brotherhood
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Mathematics, Mathematicians, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: Italian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: c. 530
Article abstract: The Pythagorean brotherhood developed ideas about knowledge that influenced classical Greek philosophers and lasted more than one thousand years. Pythagoras’s mathematical theorems were intended to show the relation between the abstract, mystical concept of number and the physical universe.
Summary of Event
The doctrines espoused by the Pythagorean brotherhood were repeated by a number of thinkers. For example, the final conversations of Socrates with his friends as described in the Phaedōn (c. 388-368 b.c.e.; Phaedo,...
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