Pythagoras

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(person) by Jet-Poop (1.4 hr) (print) ? (I like it!) 2 C!s Sat Feb 26 2000 at 23:27:03

Greek mathematician and philosopher (approx. 570 B.C. to approx. 480 B.C.). Born in Samos, Greece, traveled widely, and studied under philosophers Pherekydes, Thales, and Anaximander. After moving to Egypt, he was accepted into the Egyptian priesthood and studied Egyptian mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy. He was taken as a prisoner to Babylon, where he mastered the advanced Babylonian mathematics.

After obtaining his freedom, he established a school in southern Italy. He insisted on strict rules for his students, including vegetarianism (he believed in reincarnation and didn't want to take the chance that he might accidentally eat a former friend), vows of silence for the first five years of their membership, and vows of loyalty and secrecy. The Pythagoreans regarded numbers with almost religious devotion, assigning deep symbolism to each numeral. The Pythagorean school was the first to accept women as students and instructors.

Pythagoras coined the words "mathematics" and "philosophy". He was the first to declare the Earth to be a sphere, and he discovered the mathematics behind the musical scale. Of course, the Pythagorean Theorem, relating to the side lengths of a right triangle, still bears his name.

Research from GURPS Who's Who 2, compiled by Phil Masters, "Pythagoras", by Sam Lindsay-Levine, pp. 12-13.

(person) by Glowing Fish (2.2 d) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Sun May 27 2001 at 11:47:48

Pythagoras was, according to some reports, the most highly skilled boxer and grappler in the Greek world. He is credited for winnning the Olympic competition at pankration, which was a no holds barred combination of wrestling and boxing.

Unfortunately, unlike Bodhidharma, Pythagoras' school was never established, and his techniques are lost to antiquity.

I have heard that in addition to being a martial artist, Pythagoras did some work with triangles or something like that.

Pythagorean Theorem	Pythagoras' Joke	The Ten Principles of Pythagoras	The square root of any prime number is irrational
The Pythagorean Theorem: A Vast Right Triangle Conspiracy?	Pythagorean	a^2 + b^2 = c^2	Euclid
Bodhidharma	Burning of the Libraries of Alexandria	golden spiral	Vision of the White Goddess
Pythagoreans	Babylon	Music of the Spheres	Special Alt key characters & accents
Paranoia and knowledge	philosopher	Plato	"I cast Ceremony as a 4th level Druid"
Pythagorean Solid	God made the integers, all else is the work of man	.707	Pythagoras, Subcultures, and Psycho-Bio-Circuitry

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