Pythagoras: Facts & Related Content
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| Born | c.570 BCE • Sámos • ancient Greece |
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| Died | c.490 BCE • Metapontum • Italy |
| Subjects Of Study | interval • number |
Did You Know?
- Almost all of the sources on Pythagoras' life and teachings date from long after his death, making the truth about him hard to discover.
- Pythagoras was a philosopher before Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato.
- Pythagoras's teachings may have discussed reincarnation - the transition of a soul from one body to another - long before Plato wrote about it.
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