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Pythagoras of Samos [a] (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας; c. 570 – c. 495 BC) [b] was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath, and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy.
c. 624 BC – c.546 BC – Thales: c. 586/585 – c. 526/525 BC - Anaximenes: c. 570 BC – c. 495 BC – Pythagoras: c. 530 BC - C. 450 BC – Hippasus: c. 490 BC – c. 420 BC – Oenopides: 480 BC – 411 BC – Antiphon: c. 470 BC – 410 BC – Hippocrates: 465 BC – 398 BC – Theodorus: c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC – Democritus: c.428/427 ...
Pythagoras taught philosophy of life, religion, and mathematics in his own school in Kroton, which was a Greek colony. Pythagoras' school is linked to the Pythagorean theorem , which states that the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Pythagoras (c. 570 BC – c. 495 BC) – Euclidean geometry, Pythagorean theorem; Zeno of Elea (c. 490 BC – c. 430 BC) – Euclidean geometry; Hippocrates of Chios (born c. 470 – 410 BC) – first systematically organized Stoicheia – Elements (geometry textbook) Mozi (c. 468 BC – c. 391 BC) Plato (427–347 BC) Theaetetus (c. 417 BC ...
John Philoponus (c. 490–570). Middle Ages. 500–900. Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 500). ... Pythagoras of Samos (c. 580 – c. 500 BC). Of the Ionian School ...
Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries, including the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids, the Theory of Proportions, the sphericity of the Earth, and the identity of the morning and evening stars as the planet Venus.
Pythagoras had been born on the island of Samos at around 570 BC and left his homeland at around 530 BC in opposition to the policies of Polycrates. Before settling in Croton, Pythagoras had traveled throughout Egypt and Babylonia. In Croton, Pythagoras established the first Pythagorean community, described as a secret society, and attained ...
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