Under the heading "Pythagorean Theorum" it says;
"While the theorem that now bears his name was known and previously utilized by the Babylonians and Indians..."
His theorum was also used in North America. Members of the Smithsonian, Squier and Davis, in 1848 surveyed constructions of the previous inhabitants of Ohio, known as the Hopewell civilasation (carbon-dating shows they were building and present in the eastern half of the USA as early as 5 500 BC). Some structures are perfect circles and squares. The surveyed constructions mentioned here are in Ohio but they were built after Pythagorus' time. But! That same civilization built using the same advanced maths up to 5 000 years earlier. Sorry to not give specific information on the 5 000 BC use of pythagorean theorem in northern america. I'm too tired to dig further at the moment.
Jim Viera has published on this and has been involved in a TED talk about the subject. He's well respected in this area.
Could someone verify the above and add on this page that it was "previously utilized by the Babylonians, Indians and ancient Americans"? Or something like that?
Under Pythagorean School it lists Iamblichus as living from ca. 250-350 BC. But following the link shows he lived ca. 245-325 AD, which puts his birthdate 495 years off. And why is this page even protected? 24.30.104.156 (talk) 03:57, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
It's claimed here that Pythagoras taught the heliocentric model, which is inaccurate. It was one of his later followers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.200.90 (talk) 02:05, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
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Pythagoras was born on 570BC and died on 495BC, it means he was dead 75 years before he was born :) I mean his birth and death dates are written in reverse order. just wanted to correct them, just a typo error.
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Section 5.1: the word area should be changed to length. Random690 (talk) 06:00, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello,
I've noticed some misinformation by an editor who also made edits on the Calculus page of a similar vein (that is, discrediting contributors and talking-up Indian influence).
It is widely accepted, and I believe it has been discussed on this talk page before, that the sources who claim Pythagoras learned from Brahmins is unreliable.
This is partially due to the fact that some have extrapolated this purported fact. Here are some exerpts from a [www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2009/11/17/pythagoras-in-india/#comment-737953 scholarly discussion about this topic]:" Here is one useful exchange:
Roger Pearse says: July 13, 2012 at 11:40 pm
I’ve had a number of comments on this post consisting of something like “here is a statement that Pythagoras visited India” referencing some book with no references by a non-specialist.
Comments are very welcome; but examples of hearsay are not helpful. Please do not post any more.
We all know that there is any amount of hearsay that Pythagoras visited India. But what we want to see is *ancient* sources. kuma0177 says: March 3, 2013 at 4:44 am
I feel it is very hard to find evidence for this, however I found a ton of sites where they claim he traveled to India. One will have to refer to these articles and their references.
http://www.theosophical.ca/books/ApolloniusOfTyana_GRSMead.pdf
Search the entire article for India.
http://9waysmysteryschool.tripod.com/sacredsoundtools/id13.html
where the moderator of the discussion then states:
Roger Pearse says: March 4, 2013 at 7:58 pm
The Mead book is worthless. The articles that make the claim are worthless. The very elderly JSTOR article is not very useful, except that it tells us that a certain Schroeder wrote a book “Pythagoras und der Inder” in 1884, which is online here, and that Alexander Polyhistor refers (no reference given) to discussions with Brahmins (not, of course, necessarily in India).
In Susantha Goonatilake, “Toward a Global Science: Mining Civilizational Knowledge”, p.30 I find mention (but not references) to Alexander Polyhistor, Apuleius, and Philostratus, saying that “Pythagoras learned many things from the Brahmins”.
On p.24-25 of Schroeder I find references to ancient sources mentioning Brahmins and Pythagoras: Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1, 304 B (supposedly quoting Alexander Polyhistor); Eusebius, PE X, 4, 10; Apuleius, Florida II, 15; Philostratus V, Apoll. VIII, 7, 44. These deserve looking up (but not tonight).
which, after providing similar passages to the nationalist editor, he questions just how much reliable the sources (like Eusebius) are: (Note: It seems that the editor User:Prototypehumanoid ripped the work of this author without following the conclusion. An even more serious offense than simple misinformation)
Roger Pearse says: March 4, 2013 at 8:30 pm
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata book 1 (here):
“Zoroaster the Magus, Pythagoras showed to be a Persian. Of the secret books of this man, those who follow the heresy of Prodicus boast to be in possession. Alexander, in his book ‘On the Pythagorean Symbols’, relates that Pythagoras was a pupil of Nazaratus the Assyrian (some think that he is Ezekiel; but he is not, as will afterwards be shown), and will have it that, in addition to these, Pythagoras was a hearer of the Galatae and the Brahmins. Clearchus the Peripatetic says that he knew a Jew who associated with Aristotle…. Thus philosophy, a thing of the highest utility, flourished in antiquity among the barbarians, shedding its light over the nations. And afterwards it came to Greece. First in its ranks were the prophets of the Egyptians; and the Chaldeans among the Assyrians; and the Druids among the Gauls; and the Samanaeans among the Bactrians; and the philosophers of the Celts; and the Magi of the Persians, who foretold the Saviour’s birth, and came into the land of Judaea guided by a star. The Indian gymnosophists are also in the number, and the other barbarian philosophers. And of these there are two classes, some of them called Sarmanae, and others Brahmins. And those of the Sarmanae who are called Hylobii neither inhabit cities, nor have roofs over them, but are clothed in the bark of trees, feed on nuts, and drink water in their hands. Like those called Encratites in the present day, they know not marriage nor begetting of children. Some, too, of the Indians obey the precepts of Buddha; whom, on account of his extraordinary sanctity, they have raised to divine honours. … Very clearly the author Megasthenes, the contemporary of Seleucus Nicanor, writes as follows in the third of his books, ‘On Indian Affairs’: ‘All that was said about nature by the ancients is said also by those who philosophise beyond Greece: some things by the Brahmins among the Indians, and others by those called Jews in Syria.'”
Eusebius, PE X, chapter 4 (here):
“In fact the said Pythagoras, while busily studying the wisdom of each nation, visited Babylon, and Egypt, and all Persia, being instructed by the Magi and the priests: and in addition to these he is related to have studied under the Brahmans (these are Indian philosophers); and from some he gathered astrology, from others geometry, and arithmetic and music from others, and different things from different nations, and only from the wise men of Greece did he get nothing, wedded as they were to a poverty and dearth of wisdom: so on the contrary he himself became the author of instruction to the Greeks in the learning which he had procured from abroad.”
Apuleius, Florida (here):
“There are some who assert that184 Pythagoras was about this time carried to Egypt among the captives of King Cambyses, and studied under the magi of Persia, more especially under Zoroaster the priest of all holy mysteries; later they assert he was ransomed by a certain Gillus, King of Croton. However, the more generally accepted tradition asserts that it was of his own choice he went to study the wisdom of the Egyptians. There he was initiated by their priests into the mighty secrets of their ceremonies, passing all belief; there he learned numbers in all their marvellous combinations, and the ingenious laws of geometry. Not content with these sciences, he next approached the Chaldaeans and the Brahmins, a race of wise men who live in India. Among these Brahmins he sought out the gymnosophists. The Chaldaeans taught him the lore of the stars, the fixed orbits of the wandering lords of heaven, and the influence of each on the births of men. Also they instructed him in the art of healing, and revealed to him remedies in the search for which men have lavished their wealth and wandered far by land and sea. But it was from the Brahmins that he derived the greater part of his philosophy, the arts of teaching the mind and exercising the body, the doctrines as to the parts of the soul and its various transmigrations, the knowledge of the torments and rewards ordained for each man, according to his deserts, in the world of the gods below.”
Philostratus, “Life of Apollonius of Tyana” (here):
“This I think: I never sacrificed blood, I do not sacrifice it now, I never touch it, not even if it be shed upon an altar; for this was the rule of Pythagoras and likewise of his disciples, and in Egypt also of the Naked sages, and of the sages of India, from whom these principles of wisdom were derived by Pythagoras and his school.”
None of these, note, state that Pythagoras went to India; only that he studied under Indian teachers. This, of course, could have taken place in Persia. But … how much faith do we place in these references?
While the topic of Pythagoras travelling to India certainly does not preclude the possibility (key here is POSSIBILITY), the belief of his travel to India and the purported Brahmin influence (what haven't they claimed to influence, honestly?) seem intertwined. Indeed another participant chimes in and quite rightly states:
Neunder says: October 8, 2015 at 10:56 pm
We should be sceptical. Apuleius is writing almost 700 years later than Pythagoras. Further: ” There are a number of reports that he traveled widely in the Near East while living on Samos, e.g., to Babylonia, Phoenicia and Egypt. To some extent reports of these trips are an attempt to claim the ancient wisdom of the east for Pythagoras and some scholars totally reject them (Zhmud 2012, 83-91), but relatively early sources such as Herodotus (II. 81) and Isocrates (Busiris 28) associate Pythagoras with Egypt, so that a trip there seems quite plausible.” http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pythagoras/#LifWor
And in follow-up, this poster makes a succinct analogy
Neunder says: October 11, 2015 at 1:39 am
Suppose an author writing in 700AD claims that Jesus traveled to India or learned from the Brahmins. Suppose also that we have no document before 700AD that says this. We should rightly be sceptical of this claim. Likewise, then, about Pythagoras.
It seems the discussion around this issue will be revived thanks to the Hindu nationalist User:Prototypehumanoid. In light of that, I think it's best that his edit is removed until more research can be concluded. There are a few reasons we can justify reverting his edit:
I will be doing some more digging over the next few days but I doubt that I will find any sources older than those given above, which will severely limit further discussions as the reliability of the aforementioned texts needs to be seriously addressed.
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Aristotle borrowed from Pythagoras the latter's views of the effects of food on sexual activity, claiming that the eating of certain pungently spiced and stinulating foods tended to produce sexual cravings, and that, in order to avoid such tendencies and preserve the desired state of contenence, it was best to avoid such foods and live on a vegetarian diet, consisting largely of fruits and vegetables. Such a diet he advised to his pupil, Alexander the Great, who strictly adhered to it, also leading a chaste life, as recommended by his teacher.
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There is a view that Pythagoras visited India. If someone has any authentic knowledge on this issue, then that can be included in the main topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumirsha (talk • contribs)
Well, I found it mentioned in the lectures of Swami Vivekananda. It is in the Volume II of the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. It is mentioned in the Practical Vendanta and other lectures. This reference to Harsh Vardhan, can be easily accessed through internet search. Secondly, such references are desired as they are merely organized talks managed in media. Katolophyromai has right touch the spirit with which this aspect has been raised here. Thankssumir 20:38, 16 October 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumirsha (talk • contribs)
Mostly all the ancient historians agree that Pythagoras's father Mnesarchus was originally from Tyre. Aristoxenus in his book the life of the Pythagoras says it, Aristarchus (who was from Samos himself), Theopompus and Neanthes, as well as Clement of Alexandria says it as per this source https://books.google.se/books?id=teoyAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA20&dq=neanthes+of+cyzicus+pythagoras+tyre&pg=PA15&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Hippobotus says the same according to this source https://books.google.se/books?id=teoyAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA20&dq=neanthes+of+cyzicus+pythagoras+tyre&pg=PA15&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Herodotus and Isocrates state also his father was from Tyre as per your previous Note Herodotus, iv. 95, Isocrates, Busiris, 28–29 say he was originally from Tyre. Later writers called him a Tyrrhenian or Phliasian, and gave Marmacus, or Demaratus, as the name of his father: Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 1; Porphyry, Vit. Pyth. 1, 2; Justin, xx. 4; Pausanias, ii. 13.
I could not find the Fergusson source that you posted in digital format but I did find Fergusson's book Pythagoras: His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe in Scribd where in page 29-30 she goes into the discussion of his father's ancestry. In this source the author states that Iamblichus’ research indicated that both parents traced their ancestry to the first colonists on Samos. The problem with Lamblichus's research is that is based on mythology as exposed in Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras (p.2-3) found here https://books.google.se/books?id=EB5UvHrdMpsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=iamblichus+pythagoras&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihgaulgNDXAhUIGZoKHcXSDlEQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=iamblichus%20pythagoras&f=false where he says he descends from Anchaeus and Jupiter who was ordered by the oracle to establish a colony named Samos. Then he goes and says that Pythagoras might actually be the son of Apollo according to some Samian poet. Lamblichus even got the name of Pythagoras' father wrong calling him Mnemarchus instead of Mnesarchus according to this source https://books.google.se/books?id=teoyAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA20&dq=neanthes+of+cyzicus+pythagoras+tyre&pg=PA15&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=tyre&f=false.
Lamblichus research making Pytagoras a descenddant of Jupiter or the son of Apollo sounds too much like a fantasy as most mythological genealogies. It does not seem like many or any authors agree with Lamblichus research except perhaps with Hermippus. I say perhaps because as stated by Diogenes Laertius in Chapter 1. PYTHAGORAS (c. 582-500 B.C.)
"Having now completed our account of the philosophy of Ionia starting with Thales, as well as of its chief representatives, let us proceed to examine the philosophy of Italy, which was started by Pythagoras,1 son of the gem-engraver Mnesarchus, and according to Hermippus, a Samian, or, according to Aristoxenus, a Tyrrhenian from one of those islands which the Athenians held after clearing them of their Tyrrhenian inhabitants. Some indeed say that he was descended through Euthyphro, Hippasus and Marmacus from Cleonymus, who was exiled from Phlius, and that, as Marmacus lived in Samos, so Pythagoras was called a Samian. [2]
it could be that Hermippus and Aristoxenus might be talking about Pythagoras himself as a Samian or a Tyrrhenian, not about his father just like in your previous Notes 3 source. Aristoxenus has already stated in his Life of Pythagoras that Mnesarchus was from Tyre as stated in the above source https://books.google.se/books?id=teoyAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA20&dq=neanthes+of+cyzicus+pythagoras+tyre&pg=PA15&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false so I do not know why Fergusson or any of the later authors of Laertius source Aristoxenus might would think he was refering to Mnesarchus
Fegusson also states that Porphyry also says he was from Tyre and that another two of his sources says he was a "Tyrrhenian" and thus he was uncommitted. She then states that Diogenes Laertius, the earliest of the three biographers, pointed out that the ancient historian Aristoxenus of Tarentum – with excellent contacts, such as Dionysius the Younger of Syracuse and Pythagoreans in the fourth century B.C. – also had said Mnesarchus was a Tyrrhenian. But again Laertius statement is not clear as weather he was talking about Pythagoras or his father and repeating again the above Aristoxenus said also Mnesarchus was from Tyre https://books.google.se/books?id=teoyAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA20&dq=neanthes+of+cyzicus+pythagoras+tyre&pg=PA15&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false This accounts then to two sure sources saying Mnsarchus was a "Thyrrhenian" according to Porphyry.
The problem with the term "Thyrrhenian" is that it was used to refer to non-greek groups of people in ancient times to identify not just the Etruscans, non-greeks from Lemnos and sea peoples but also the Phoenicians who settled colonies in the Thyrrhenian Sea "triangle" of Pirgy, and Punicum in the border of Latium, Sicily and Sardinia as stated in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrhenians#Identification_with_the_Phoenicians_from_Tyre long before the other groups.
This leaves Lamblichus and his mythological research pretty lonely regarding the origins of Pythagoras's father with the majority of authors stating that he was from Tyre or linked to the Phoenicians of Tyre through the "Thyrrhenians". CalinicoFire (talk) 22:31, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
However, there is no other part of Pythagoras' life story, until the events surrounding his death, about which the discussion among them [the ancient sources] became so animated and contradictory as it did regarding his father Mnesarchus' origins. Iamblichus' research indicated that both parents traced their ancestry to the first colonists on Samos. Porphyry was in possession of a conflicting report from a third century b.c. historian named Neanthes - a stickler for juxtaposing conflicting pieces of information - that Mnesarchus was not Samian by birth. Neanthes had had it from one source that Mnesarchus was born in Tyre (in Syria) and from another that he was an Etruscan (Tyrrhenian) from Lemnos. The similarity of the names 'Tyre' and 'Tyrrhenian' had perhaps caused some confusion. Porphyry referred to an additional source, a book with an enticing title, On the Incredible Things Beyond the Thule, that also mentioned Mnesarchus' Etruscan and Lemnos origins. Diogenes Laertius, the earliest of the three biographers, pointed out that the responsible ancient historian Aristoxenus of Tarentum - with excellent contacts such as Dionysius the Younger and Pythagoreans in the fourth century b.c. - also had said Mnesarchus was a Tyrrhenian. All three biographers agreed that if Mnesarchus was not a Samian by birth, he was naturalized on Samos. Diogenes Laertius also threw in that he had learned from one Hermippus, a native of Samos in the third century b.c., that Mnesarchus was a gem engraver.
If you read carefully on the section I have already told you I have review your Fergusson sources in her similar work found here https://books.google.se/books?id=trM7NJz011oC&pg=PT22&dq=pythagoras+tyrrhenian&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn7ofPg9HXAhWKthoKHRGIBMcQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=pythagoras%20tyrrhenian&f=false
My analysis of all the sources on biographers of Pythagoras tells me that so far that 8 ancient Greek biographers say that Pythagoras father Mnsesarchus was from Tyre. 1 of those 8 biographers, Porphyry, besides saying that one of his sources say he was from Tyre, says that two of Neanthes' sources, without saying who those sources were, say he was "Tyrrhenian", which was a term that was used to design non-greek people including Etruscans, Sea Peoples and Phoenicians from Tyre or Tyrians. Seems like Neanthes ends up settling for Mnesarchus being from Tyre as per Clement of Alexandria in his work found here https://books.google.se/books?id=XWpL1zz5cmoC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=Hippobotus+pythagoras+tyre&source=bl&ots=J7BKoQ5Kji&sig=U7jF2HkCx0ChxavgnVedco08doE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjEqdL759DXAhVC3KQKHZ25DNYQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=Hippobotus%20pythagoras%20tyre&f=false
Even Fergusson says that the similarity of "Tyrian" and "Tyrrhenian" had perhaps caused the confusion. And then 1 historian, Lamblichus, uses mythological accounts to say Pythagoras descended from Jupiter and was the son of Apollo, which is known to have been pure legend on Roman times.
You cannot therefore state that Pythagoras father ancestry is disputed or unclear as only Lamblichus seems to have come up with mythology and lengendary claims to divert from the what 90% of the Greek biographers and historian have agreed upon and his statement was known as being pure legend in Roman times.
By the way ViamarisBalbi says that he knows that you, Dr. K and Khirurg will keep on harrassing him and disrupting his contributions to wikipedia after his serves his 2nd block, which was done on him thanks to you and your fellow editors friends. When he served his sentence of a week block he came back and found out that you and your fellow friend editors have been Wikihounding him and reverting his sourced contributions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment#Wikihounding him. He has no problem admitting that his edits revolve around things related to Phoenicia and the Phoenicians just like its obvious that you, Dr. K and Khirurg mainly edit on articles related to Greece and clearly seem to antagonize all his edits because his contributions on personalities and theories dont claim Greek ancestry or origins.
He also claims that is not fair that you get to do 100+ edits on a personality like Pythagoras and then one person comes in and makes an edit that does not please you so you revert it. He says it seems like you want a monopoly on the articles you edit and that wikpedia is an open source encyclopedia as long as statements are back with legitimate sources.
He figueres that this Wikihounding/harassment will not stop and that when he tried to defend his previous block he did not get any help from other editors and his case was left in limbo so he might need to resort to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Legitimate_uses to avoid further harassment. He will file a complaint and keep looking for assistance from the board if you dont desistCalinicoFire (talk) 02:35, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
especialy since the phrase is more applicable to policing in the United States https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/at+large 23h112e (talk) 18:08, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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In the third line of paragraph three, change "climactic" to "climatic." 2601:184:407F:B000:599:379B:A19F:119F (talk) 21:30, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
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Please replace "the poet Heraclitus" with "the philosopher Heraclitus" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edgeofstorm (talk • contribs) 10:17, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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His favorite color was purple. </ref></ref>http://www.answers.com/Q/What_was_Pythagoras_favorite_color 40.133.59.10 (talk) 13:07, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Somebody! Correct these lines please:
"and that the number five represented marriage, because it was the sum of two and three"
There must be 4 instead of 2. It is Pythagorean theorem: 3 (man) plus 4 (woman) is equal to 5 (marriage). See p. 429 of same book "Burkert, Walter. Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Димушка (talk • contribs) 17:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Can someone get rid of one of these "that"s please
Both Plato and Isocrates state that that
Hi! Is there any source for the claim father of numbers?
Regards no bias — קיין אומוויסנדיק פּרעפֿערענצן — keyn umvisndik preferentsn talk contribs 08:31, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
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Please change the information regarding the father of Pythagoras stating that his origins are not know. Pythagoras is born of a Phoenician father, Msenarchus, who was from Tyre. There is a story that the father, a wealthy merchant, brought corn to the island of Samos during a famine and was granted citizenship of Samos as sign of gratitude.
Sources: [1]Porphyry, Vita Pythagorea (Leipzig 1886) Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras in M Hadas and M Smith, Heroes and Gods (London, 1965)
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Hello. I have a question about the photo of the bust. Is it known when and by whom this bust was made? Was it made during Pythagoras' life in Greece, or is it Roman? Just wondering if this is what the man looked like. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnarl42 (talk • contribs) 07:12, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
The article doesn't concern any possible reason about the total absence of written works of Pythagoras even if it is hard to believe that his geometrical and mathematical thoughts could be developed, demonstrated to hi followers and kept preserved through a merely oral transmisssn master of philosophy. Did he have a two-section school like the acroamatic/acousmatic dichotomy existing in the Paritetic school of Aristotle?
In the case of the Stagirite, it was supposed to be for religious and initiatic reasons. We can be sure some authors have just hypothesized for an initiatic Pythagoras. Waiting for more reliable WP sources, it can be added a concern for the total and yet unjustified absence of written works by the ancient Samoean Master of the Jewish gematria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.14.139.142 (talk) 20:21, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Re. Discoveries in astronomy: So Pythagoras divided the Earth into five zones reaching a crescendo of dramatic suspense or sexual gratification? I figured world travel could be exciting, thrilling even, but little did I suspect the true extent of it! There's a hot time to be had in the tropics, to be sure, but polar escapades leave me cold. It's all a matter of CLIMATIC distinction. 2601:545:8201:6290:8522:9D48:A7AE:ED77 (talk) 08:56, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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In the infobox and under "Attributed discoveries/In astronomy" change "climactic zones" to "climatic zones". The world may be an exciting place, but not inherently that exciting — or have I missed out on something? 2601:545:8201:6290:8522:9D48:A7AE:ED77 (talk) 09:12, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Near East terminology is a 19th century AD invention based on the extent of either the Ottoman or British empires. It's anachronistic to Pythagoras' 6th century BCE life span. There are perfectly good substitute terms for the places that Pythagoras traveled, such as Levant, or the names of the actual empires that controlled the regions involved in his travels (Ancient Egypt (26th dynasty), Neo-Babylonian_Empire, Achaemenid_Empire, and Crete)
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Look up the modern hyperian philosopher morgue, pythagorus founded the Pythagorean Illuminati. If this information continues to be debunked I will have reason to believe that the founder of Wikipedia is a elite. Adam weishaupt should also have books made by him which enforces my statement. Refusal provides more pinpoints in my investigation against the 1%. Hyperian illuminati (talk) 09:43, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
The hyperian Illuminati is the side association with qanon Hyperian illuminati (talk) 09:45, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
MODERATOR: This sentence should be tweaked to include...metempsychosis or the "transmigration of souls" - reincarnation. 2601:589:4801:5660:21C7:367F:8F24:8818 (talk) 12:28, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
The subsection Biographical Sources states: "Three lives of Pythagoras have survived from late antiquity" with "lives" being hyperlinked to: Historical biographies. Can someone just please edit "lives" to say "biographies"? It's very poor writing, is confusing, and it makes literally no sense in English. I'd do it myself, but the article is protected. Thanks. MelonBallin (talk) 00:15, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
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He is Greek philosopher. A big mathematician 2409:4050:2E88:2ABD:0:0:2D8B:D301 (talk) 14:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
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Connections with India (18)
The visit of Pythagoras to India was conclusive in the mind of Voltaire (1694–1778) (pen name of Francois Marie Arouet) as he writes that “Pythagoras, the gymnosophist, may alone serve an incontestable proof that true science was cultivated in India. . . . It is even more probable that Pythagoras learned the properties of the right-angled triangle from the Indians, the invention of which was afterward ascribed to him.” (13) According to Voltaire, “The Orientals, and particularly the Indians, treated all subjects under the veil of fable and allegory: for that reason Pythagoras, who studied among them, expresses himself always in parables.” (14) Voltaire had no doubt about Pythagoras’ visit to India and wrote: “All the world knows that Pythagoras, while he resided in India, attended the school of Gymnosophists and learned the language of beasts and plants.” (15) D. E. Smith, a noted historian who is known for his classic book, History of Mathematics, points out a resemblance between the Hindu and Pythagorean philosophies: “In spite of the assertions of various writers to the contrary, the evidence derived for the philosophy of Pythagoras points to his contact with the Orient. The mystery of the East appears in all his teaching . . . indeed his [Pythagoras’] whole philosophy savors much more of the Indian than of the Greek civilization in which he was born.” (16) On a possible Indian influence on Pythagoras in comparison to Egyptian influence, H. W. Rawlinson (1810–1895 CE) concludes: “It is more likely that Pythagoras was influenced by India than by Egypt. Almost all the theories, religious, philosophical, and mathematical, taught by the Pythagoreans were known in India in the sixth century B.C. [BCE].” (17) Rawlinson is the person who first decoded cuneiform language of Babylon after discovering the Darius’ Behistun inscriptions. He also served the British empire and lived in India.
<13 Voltaire, 1901, vol. 29, p. 174.> <14 Voltaire, 1901, vol. 24, p. 39. > <15 Voltaire, vol. 4, p. 47> <16 Smith, 1925, vol. I, p. 72.> <17 Rawlinson, p. 5 in the book by Garratt, 1938.> <18 Ancient Hindu Science Its Transmission and Impact on World Cultures, Alok Kumar, p.p. 152 > --Toeditinwiki (talk) 07:02, 28 June 2022 (UTC) Toeditinwiki (talk) 07:02, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
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Connections with India (18)
The visit of Pythagoras to India was conclusive in the mind of Voltaire (1694–1778) (pen name of Francois Marie Arouet) as he writes that “Pythagoras, the gymnosophist, may alone serve an incontestable proof that true science was cultivated in India. . . . It is even more probable that Pythagoras learned the properties of the right-angled triangle from the Indians, the invention of which was afterward ascribed to him.” (13) According to Voltaire, “The Orientals, and particularly the Indians, treated all subjects under the veil of fable and allegory: for that reason Pythagoras, who studied among them, expresses himself always in parables.” (14) Voltaire had no doubt about Pythagoras’ visit to India and wrote: “All the world knows that Pythagoras, while he resided in India, attended the school of Gymnosophists and learned the language of beasts and plants.” (15) D. E. Smith, a noted historian who is known for his classic book, History of Mathematics, points out a resemblance between the Hindu and Pythagorean philosophies: “In spite of the assertions of various writers to the contrary, the evidence derived for the philosophy of Pythagoras points to his contact with the Orient. The mystery of the East appears in all his teaching . . . indeed his [Pythagoras’] whole philosophy savors much more of the Indian than of the Greek civilization in which he was born.” (16) On a possible Indian influence on Pythagoras in comparison to Egyptian influence, H. W. Rawlinson (1810–1895 CE) concludes: “It is more likely that Pythagoras was influenced by India than by Egypt. Almost all the theories, religious, philosophical, and mathematical, taught by the Pythagoreans were known in India in the sixth century B.C. [BCE].” (17) Rawlinson is the person who first decoded cuneiform language of Babylon after discovering the Darius’ Behistun inscriptions. He also served the British empire and lived in India.
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13 Voltaire, 1901, vol. 29, p. 174. 14 Voltaire, 1901, vol. 24, p. 39. 15 Voltaire, vol. 4, p. 47 16 Smith, 1925, vol. I, p. 72. 17 Rawlinson, p. 5 in the book by Garratt, 1938. 18 Ancient Hindu Science Its Transmission and Impact on World Cultures, Alok Kumar, p.p. 152 Toeditinwiki (talk) 08:24, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
He was a successfull mathematician and his all inventions are known as Pythagoras series. 103.61.108.112 (talk) 13:54, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
sulba sutra was dated between 800to 400 BCE and it is exactly don't know when it was been written completely. Ppppphgtygd (talk) 10:07, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
If I have understood the sources - the Pythagoreans were attacked at their meeting place circa 510 BC. Then, they were attacked again in 454 BC. This second attack took place at the former house of Milo, the wrestler. Cake (talk) 20:35, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
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change hile Neanthes, in the fifth book of his 'Fables' states he was a Syrian, from the city of Tyre: to hile Neanthes, in the fifth book of his 'Fables' states he was from the city of Tyre, Phoenicia, nowadays Lebanon. Other sources also confirms this fact <ref><https://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_pythagoras.html>, <ref><Karim El Koussa, 'Pythagoras the Mathemagician', Oct 2010>
https://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_pythagoras.html Scmed (talk) 10:04, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia (probably the main single source)Xan747 ✈️ 🧑✈️ 11:26, 14 August 2023 (UTC)