Pythagoreanism

Pythagoreanism is the philosophical and religious tradition associated with Pythagoras of Samos.

Established Pythagoras lived in the sixth century BCE (born c. 570 BCE) and founded a community at Croton in southern Italy. No writings by him survive.^[1] Tradition / belief Later accounts credit him with teaching the transmigration of souls, dietary rules and a mathematical harmony of the cosmos.^[2] Scholarly debate How much of "Pythagorean" mathematics goes back to Pythagoras himself is disputed; the earliest reliable witnesses are Philolaus and Aristotle's reports, and much of the tradition was shaped by later Platonists.^[3]

References

↑ Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers (3rd c. CE). book 8; trans. C.D. Yonge (1853); public domain.
↑ K.S. Guthrie (comp.), The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library (1920). public domain.
↑ Walter Burkert, Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism (1972). Cited only.

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[1] Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers (3rd c. CE). book 8; trans. C.D. Yonge (1853); public domain.

[2] K.S. Guthrie (comp.), The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library (1920). public domain.

[3] Walter Burkert, Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism (1972). Cited only.

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