Philosopher · Iron Age · Greece

Pythagoras

c. 570–c. 495 BC

Greek thinker born on Samos who settled at Croton in southern Italy and founded a religious brotherhood. His followers taught that number is the nature of all things. He wrote nothing himself, and lived about 570 to 495 BC.

Facts

Born: About 570 BC, Samos, Greece.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pythagoras
Died: About 495 BC, Metapontum, in southern Italy.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pythagoras
School: Pythagoreanism, a blend of mathematics, music, and religious rule.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pythagoras
Known for: The claim that all things are number, and the theorem about right triangles that carries his name. What is his and what is his followers' cannot be separated.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pythagoras

Images

Marble bust of Pythagoras (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

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CountryGreece1830–CountryItaly1861–

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