| 单词 | Pythagoras |
| 例句 | For revealing that secret, the great Pythagoras himself sentenced Hippasus to death by drowning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As with Pythagoras, in Darwin’s model, every organism carried information to build organs and structures in miniaturized form—except in Darwin’s case, the information was decentralized. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The claim went back to Pythagoras and Plato, but Renaissance Platonists had been interested in number mysticism rather than real mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This is what Pythagoras meant when he insisted, “All is number.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Egyptian mathematics was famed throughout the Mediterranean, and it is likely that the early Greek mathematicians, masters of geometry like Thales and Pythagoras, studied in Egypt. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There were known to be five regular or “platonic” solids, whose sides were regular polygons, as known to the ancient Greek mathematicians after the time of Pythagoras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember reading about Pythagoras around this time, and finding some of his ideas curiously appealing—wearing white garments, for instance, or abstaining from foods which have a soul. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “And was it true before Pythagoras realized it?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z In 458 BC, a few decades after Pythagoras’s death, the playwright Aeschylus used this odd logic to provide one of history’s most extraordinary legal defenses of matricide. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The modern tradition of mathematical argument, essential to all of science, owes much to Pythagoras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Pythagoras may have been an ancient New Age thinker, but he was a powerful orator, a renowned scholar, and a charismatic teacher. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pythagoras himself fled for his life, and he might have gotten away had he not run smack into a bean field. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When Pythagoras strummed a string, the string sounded a clear note, the tone known as the fundamental. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Chemistry is simply numbers, an idea Pythagoras would have liked. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the recognition by Pythagoras and Plato that the Cosmos is knowable, that there is a mathematical underpinning to nature, they greatly advanced the cause of science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And to Pythagoras the connection between shapes and numbers was deep and mystical. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even by the standards of the superstitious ancient Greeks, Pythagoras’s beliefs were eccentric. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Just as the legends of Hippasus’s murder are hazy, so too are the legends of Pythagoras’s end. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And finally, and perhaps more obviously, he attacked Pythagoras’s scheme with the most self-evident of arguments: it could not possibly account for female anatomy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In ancient Greece, Pythagoras was remembered for a different invention: the musical scale. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In ancient Greece, Pythagoras saw the peculiar behavior of waves that traveled up and down a plucked string—how certain notes were allowed and others were forbidden. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In modern schools, children learn of Pythagoras for his famed theorem: the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pythagoras, the Greek scholar—half scientist, half mystic—who lived in Croton around 530 BC, proposed one of the earliest and most widely accepted theories to explain the similarity between parents and their children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Both Aristotle and Pythagoras were partially right and partially wrong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Pythagoras’s doctrine became the centerpiece of Western philosophy: all the universe was governed by ratios and shapes; the planets moved in heavenly spheres that made music as they turned. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pythagoras argued that the earth sat at the center of the universe, and the sun, moon, planets, and stars revolved around the earth, each pinned inside a sphere. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But Pythagoras realized that not all notes are allowed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The connection between the solids of Pythagoras and the disposition of the planets could admit but one explanation: the Hand of God, Geometer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a mind as precise and analytical as Aristotle’s to systematically dismantle Pythagoras’s theory of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Pythagoras had learned the triangle theorem—that the length of the third side of a right-angled triangle can be deduced mathematically from the length of the other two sides—from Indian or Babylonian geometers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In fact, rather than Pythagoras’s triangle, there was a circle, or a cycle, at work: form begat information, and then information begat form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Indeed, preformation was largely a restatement of Pythagoras’s theory—that sperm carried all the information to make a new human. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Pythagoras did not simply enumerate examples of this theorem; he developed a method of mathematical deduction to prove the thing generally. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Pythagoras knew, the rationals aren’t everything under the sun; both the rationals and irrationals make up the so-called real numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “That’s not so easy. Let’s think of another example—something else. You know the theorem of Pythagoras?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Irrationality was dangerous to Pythagoras, as it threatened the basis of his ratio-universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Some say that Pythagoras starved himself, but the most common versions all say that beans were his undoing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pythagoras taught that God is a number; Xenophanes that it is a sphere, passionless and consubstantial with all things; Parmenides that it is but the confluence of earth and fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, when Pythagoras put the bridge at a place that did not divide the string into a simple ratio, the plucked notes did not meld well. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Like Pythagoras, Descartes was a mathematician-philosopher; perhaps his most lasting legacy was a mathematical invention—what we now call Cartesian coordinates. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The leader of the cult was Pythagoras, an ancient radical. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Zero clashed with one of the central tenets of Western philosophy, a dictum whose roots were in the number-philosophy of Pythagoras and whose importance came from the paradoxes of Zeno. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Because you can prove Pythagoras’s theorem. So you know it must be true. But there’s nothing to prove with the beehive. You can see the connection, but you can’t prove...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was known more than 1,000 years before Pythagoras’s time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pythagoras concluded that ratios govern not only music but also all other types of beauty. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Proclus credits Pythagoras, for example, with discovering the theorem we now call Pythagoras’s theorem, and Menelaus the theorem that is the mathematical foundation for Ptolemaic astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Greek universe, created by Pythagoras, Aristotle, and Ptolemy, survived long after the collapse of Greek civilization. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This idea was first argued by Aristarchus, born on Samos three centuries after Pythagoras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The arguments of string theorists and cosmologists might be mathematically precise and at the same time be as useless as the philosophy of Pythagoras. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By moving a sliding bridge up and down the monochord, Pythagoras changed the notes that the device played. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pythagoras had noticed that nature seemed to be governed by the golden ratio. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A century after Pythagoras’s death, Plato, writing in 380 BC, was captivated by this metaphor. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In Pythagoras’s day, before the age of zero, pure logic reigned supreme, The universe was predictable and orderly. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z To Pythagoras, playing music was a mathematical act. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This helped convince Pythagoras that all souls—including those of animals—transmigrated to other bodies after death. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a sort of mathematical homunculus—an idea borrowed from Pythagoras and Plato—but dressed up with fractions and denominators into a modern-sounding law. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After the god Hermes offered Pythagoras any gift except immortality, the philosopher and mathematician decided “to retain, both living and dead, the memory of what he had experienced.” Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z For Gioia, the pre-Socratic philosopher Pythagoras may be the most important and dire figure in his entire book. Review | A celebration of the outsiders and outcasts who have made music great 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Dividing whole texts by 12, Kennedy found "positive concepts" in the dialogues coinciding with harmonious intervals of Pythagoras's scale, and negative concepts at dissonant intervals. Magic numbers 2010-07-01T15:09:00Z Thus through incarnation after incarnation Pythagoras could remember all his past lives. Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z To approach their thinking about M-theory, Mr. Hawking and Mr. Mlodinow first stroll leisurely through the history of scientific thinking about the nature of our universe, from Pythagoras to Descartes, and from Heisenberg to Feynman. Books of The Times: Many Kinds of Universes, and None Require God 2010-09-07T17:30:00Z Hercules, Pythagoras and Jason are all back in action this weekend as the fantasy drama Atlantis returns to our screens. Behind the scenes of 'darker' Atlantis 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z The earliest known documentation of vegan eating is from 500 BC, when the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, known for the Pythagorean Theorem, wrote about a vegetarian-like diet. 6 tips for adopting the vegan diet 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Dr. Alexander valiantly if laboriously takes us through the full history of physics, from Pythagoras to Einstein. Review: As Goes Music, So Goes the Universe 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z According to copies of copies of fragments of ancient texts, Pythagoras in about 500 B.C. exhorted his followers: Don’t eat beans! Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Not since Pythagoras have geometrical entities been granted this sort of psychic potency, to the point that they have a deeper being over and above their measurable and experienceable traits. HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher 2013-04-11T20:22:00Z The same shore the philosopher Pythagoras retired to. Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z So here's a handful of musical code-makers and breakers, some of Plato's and Pythagoras's heirs. Magic numbers 2010-07-01T15:09:00Z Before Pythagoras, women played a central role in music-making; for a long time afterward, not so much. Review | A celebration of the outsiders and outcasts who have made music great 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Brooks proceeds from Pythagoras to Newton to Einstein together with many lesser-known mathematicians, showing how their seemingly arcane, abstract work has shaped our daily lives and our very grasp of the nature of reality. Get into the back-to-school spirit with these 5 audiobooks 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z As far as cosmic origin stories go, Pythagoras' tale faces some stiff competition from the one told by Diehl. Music of the spheres: Scientists uncover ancient particle hymn from the birth of the universe 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The Greek philosopher Pythagoras, father of the a² + b² = c² theorem, considered the fava a symbol of death. It’s May in Rome: A Time to Revere, and Fear, Fava Beans 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z After all — and it might be seen as a heresy to say so — Pythagoras didn’t know any of this. Opinion | What might ChatGPT do for humanity? The ancient Greeks offer a clue. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Though the theorem is named for the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras, some historians believe it was known in Babylon around 1,000 years earlier. 2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem. Here's What That Means 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z You may also remember the simple equation, discovered by Pythagoras thousands of years ago, that describes a right triangle: A squared + B squared = C squared. A builder’s guide to squaring anything (and the math behind it) 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z More than that, science is the one culture that's truly global: protons, proteins, and Pythagoras are the same from China to Peru. Astronomer Royal Martin Rees: We're in a race between science education and catastrophe 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Belief in a spherical Earth may have stemmed from the time of Pythagoras, a philosopher and mathematician who lived 2500 years ago. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Each of these, Pythagoras to Euclid, could be counted as a tabula rasa. Opinion | What might ChatGPT do for humanity? The ancient Greeks offer a clue. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “A lot of the basic trig ‘identities’ are nothing more than Pythagoras’ theorem,” explains Anderson, referring to equations that describe relationships among different trigonometric functions. 2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem. Here's What That Means 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In particular, Pythagoras recognized relationships between line segments and shapes, such as the Pythagorean theorem describes, but also between numbers and sounds, by virtue of harmonics and the intervals between notes. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It is named after the Greek philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras, who lived around 500 BC. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z Complex numbers were invented by people and represent over a thousand years of continuous investigation and struggle by mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Descartes, De Moivre, Euler, Gauss, and others. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Why, didn’t the philosopher Pythagoras believe that fava beans contained souls, and therefore avoid eating them at all costs? Opinion | Sorry, but the Constitution contains no right to eat dinner 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Geometry students remember Pythagoras for his theorem on the triangle, but its principles were known earlier. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, Pythagoras reasoned that all of nature is generated according to mathematical regularities. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z A system only Euclid and Pythagoras could love. Russian skating dominance less about drugs, more about math 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The discovery of the irrationality of √2 is credited to Pythagoras or one of his disciples, although we do not know whether the reasoning behind it was arithmetic or geometric. For Math Fans: Some Puzzles from Game of Life Creator John Conway 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Can we update our thinking on this point at all, given that Pythagoras was operating in the 6th century BCE and the bean thing sounds made up? Opinion | Sorry, but the Constitution contains no right to eat dinner 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z However, the work of the school that Pythagoras founded caught the interest of later mathematicians. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Pythagoras himself was said to have been inspired to study philosophy by the Delphic priestess Themistoclea. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The healing power of music — lauded by philosophers from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Pete Seeger — is now being validated by medical research. The Healing Power of Music 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z It was, oh, circa 2018, when Kyrie Irving brought himself to apologize for suggesting that our Earth was flat instead of the shape Pythagoras rightly hypothesized over 2,500 years ago. Perspective | The NBA doesn’t need a new logo — and it doesn’t need Kobe Bryant as its representative 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z “I know you’re going to be like, Pythagoras,” she riffs — “but how? How did he come up with this?” Do Viral Videos Really Tell You Anything About Today’s Teens? 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Aristotle, Pythagoras, and other Greek thinkers preferred logical reasoning over uncovering facts through observation. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Could Pythagoras have learned, rather than discovered, the “Pythagorean” theorem—the law of relationships between the sides and hypotenuse of a right triangle—in Egypt? Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z We follow the hosts that make sense to us, much as an ancient Greek might have followed Socrates or Pythagoras. If you're not paying attention to late-night TV right now, you should 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Even Pythagoras, the creator of every schoolchild’s favourite theorem, used music as a therapeutic device, playing the lyre to calm drunken hooligans. Stayin’ alive! How music has fought pandemics for 2,700 years 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Pythagoras wasn’t the first person to derive the Pythagorean theorem, Edwin Hubble wasn’t the first to formulate Hubble’s law, and so on. Our Trust in Science Is Complicated 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z He’s really not keen on Pythagoras, whose mathematical theories about tuning underpin “music as it is taught in every university and conservatory in the world today”. Musical notes: Scorsese, Madonna, and the awfulness of millennium pop 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z It is possible that this Egyptian mathematical knowledge had been lost and that Pythagoras rediscovered the relationship during or after his studies in Heliopolis. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The new site is folded between hills near the birthplace of the ancient mathematician Pythagoras. The Scenic Isle Where the World’s Chaos Comes Home to Roost 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z And of course there are some longstanding but incorrect traditions, such as “Pythagoras’ theorem” and “St James’ Park”, the official name of Newcastle United’s stadium. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Still, at least Pythagoras was a real person. The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Renowned for its wines, Samos was the birthplace of the mathematician Pythagoras and the philosopher Epicurus. On a Greek Island that Welcomes Migrants, Fear, Frustration, and a sense of Abandonment Grow 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Like Socrates, Pythagoras wrote nothing, so scholars continue to debate which ideas originated with Pythagoras and which were devised by his disciples. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Ms. Nguyen’s last reason for loving the Pythagorean theorem is that she likes sharing the story of what a weird guy Pythagoras was. Five Reasons to Love the Pythagorean Theorem 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z "He became a disciple of Pythagoras renouncing flesh, wine, and women. He wore no shoes and let his hair and beard grow long," the documentary claims. Controversial Amazon Prime documentary claims Jesus was Greek 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Pythagoras, it was reported, instructed his followers “to serve God.” The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z She is the author of “Pythagoras Trousers,” a cultural history of physics and women. Review | Minds that explore the beauty of math and the logic of art 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z You may be familiar with Pythagoras from his Pythagorean theorem, a key principle in geometry establishing a relationship between the sides of a right-angled triangle. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Berry’s nickname is Pythagoras because he teaches math at Science Hill High School. Local men’s group exercises leadership, friendship muscles 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z There’s nothing worth getting in this world that you can get easily, the old man had said, with unshakable conviction, like Pythagoras explaining his theorem. “Cream” 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Omitted was the fact that Pythagoras was a pagan who believed in reincarnation and occult numerology. The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Margaret Wertheim is a science writer and author of books on the cultural history of physics, including “Pythagoras Trousers” and “Physics on the Fringe.” Review | The fascinating questions of quantum mechanics that perpetually elude answer 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The figure represents how Pythagoras would have conceptualized the theorem. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z So did Pythagoras, Archimedes and later, in 240BC, the astronomer Eratosthenes, who was among the first to estimate the Earth’s circumference. Is the Earth flat? Meet the people questioning science 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Later on, Greek philosophers and mathematicians like Ptolemy, Aristotle and Pythagoras used calculations and observations of Earth's curved shadow on the moon during lunar eclipses to conclude the planet was round. The Earth is round, and other myths, debunked by the flat Earth movement (you read that right) – LA Times 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Thanks to the editors of Pythagoras Magazine for today’s puzzles. Can you solve it? Pythagoras's best puzzles 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The philosopher Pythagoras reportedly demanded that his students fast 40 days before attending his lectures. Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Say what you will about DeVos, she never suggested that geometry be taught by Chippendales dancers doing things with protractors that Pythagoras could never have envisioned. Extreme vetting? Not for Flynn 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z On the putting green you need to be more Picasso than Pythagoras. 4 Ways To Reboot Your Putting - Golf Digest 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z In Baghdad of the ninth century Abbasid caliphate, the palace library featured the works of Plato and Aristotle, Pythagoras and Euclid, translated into Arabic. There is no such thing as western civilisation | Kwame Anthony Appiah 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The most famous theorem in maths is named after the Greek thinker Pythagoras. Can you solve it? Pythagoras's best puzzles 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Descartes himself was a towering mathematician, but he was far from the first philosopher to regard mathematics as the gold standard of truth: Pythagoras and Plato had done so two thousand years before. Are We Really So Modern? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z "Samos is famous for their wine and as the birthplace of Pythagoras. Ikaria is famous for the number of old people and the myth of Icarus. Now, we have the shipwrecks." How Archaeologists Discovered 23 Shipwrecks in 22 Days 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z In ancient Greece, the philosophers Pythagoras and Parmenides had already recognised that the Earth was spherical. Why bad ideas refuse to die | Steven Poole 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z His positional sense and ability to read the game were unsurpassed. The sportswriter David Miller called him “Pythagoras in boots.” Postscript: Johan Cruyff, Total Footballer 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Pythagoras Magazine was founded in 1961, and to celebrate its half century it recently published a selection of its best brainteasers in English. Can you solve it? Pythagoras's best puzzles 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Music is perhaps the most persistent metaphor in science, from Pythagoras’ “harmony of the spheres” to the prevalent modern theory that all the world is composed of infinitesimal vibrating strings. 3 Must-Read Books for Geeks 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Highlights include a proof of Pythagoras’s theorem, and proof that there are an infinite number of prime numbers. Ten books that changed the world 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The Babylonians knew about Pythagoras’s theorem centuries before Pythagoras was born. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z And why Pythagoras thought in reverse to prove that the square root of two was an irrational number. 5 Simple Notions That Help Solve Problems 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Admittedly—and especially for fans of Pythagoras—this conversion is a little mind-blowing. Unlocking Big Data: Lessons Learned From The God Particle 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z There wasn't a Trojan horse, Homer probably didn't exist, Pythagoras probably wasn't a mathematician and he didn't prove his theory. Weekendish: Sex and sports hybrids 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Indeed, some of them – such as Pythagoras’s theorem – are taught at GCSE. Ten books that changed the world 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Lots of people will wince when they think back to grappling with Pythagoras and being bamboozled by algebra at school. Comic shares daughters homework 2014-04-30T14:08:42Z Some squares sum squares to celebrate Pythagoras; The Museum of Math successfully Pythagorized the historic Flatiron building in Manhattan. Physics Week in Review: December 7, 2013 2013-12-08T13:15:02.788Z Garrett, a Princeton graduate, was using the work of Pythagoras to help Austin run his routes more efficiently. Keeping Score: The Influence of Pythagoras on Baseball 2013-07-27T20:07:22Z Strumming the Lute of Pythagoras Evelyn Lamb writes about mathematics and other cool stuff. Strumming the Lute of Pythagoras 2013-05-29T13:45:00.337Z On Pythagoras’ Table of Opposites, “the finite” was listed along with masculinity and other good things in life, while “the infinite” topped the column of bad traits like femininity. Basics: The Life of Pi, and Other Infinities 2012-12-31T21:34:10Z Pythagoras, he tells us, used the concept of dissonance in coming to his theories about the simple ratios of whole numbers. Books on Science: ‘Discord’ — Sound, Noise and Our Elusive Quest for Quiet 2012-12-31T20:30:46Z “There was always this warm-up period where kids were talking about movies or television, and then there’d be this abrupt transition to Pythagoras Theorem,” he says. College Test Prep Gets a Laugh 2012-09-17T14:00:46Z He decided to keep it real in the field–ever the fava diva, Pythagoras declared something to the effect that he wouldn’t be caught dead in such a place. Fava - the magic bean 2012-08-08T16:45:05.313Z A drawing by Joseph Koch incorporates the Lute of Pythagoras into a portrait of Pythagoras himself. Strumming the Lute of Pythagoras 2013-05-29T13:45:00.337Z You could have s and s that are prime numbers, s and s that are square roots of successive integers or s and s that represent the Pythagoras theorem for a unit rectangle. Better (extraterrestrial) communication through chemistry: Isotopes and mirror-image molecules 2012-07-25T17:45:03.207Z Leibnitz, Euclid and Pythagoras stared at him from their places on my classroom walls, and a small laugh escaped my throat at the surprising volume of his voice and the severity of his declaration. SchoolBook: Beating Back the Math Demons 2012-07-20T14:48:05Z Pythagoras and Empedocles were quoted as the founders of this branch of ethics. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z This might be the most legitimate reason of all for Pythagoras to hate fava beans. Fava - the magic bean 2012-08-08T16:45:05.313Z The Lute of Pythagoras is based on the “golden” isosceles triangle, a triangle with two equal sides and an apex angle of 36 degrees. Strumming the Lute of Pythagoras 2013-05-29T13:45:00.337Z Pythagoras, who lived before him, may, if Ovid, writing near the Christian era, is to be trusted, have reached some sound conclusions about the action of water in the changes of land and sea areas. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z But this circumstance must have appeared less strange than inexplicable to Pythagoras. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The religious argument of Pythagoras and Plato was, that we are all soldiers of God, placed in an appointed post of duty, which it is a rebellion against our Maker to desert. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Finally, it was also believed Pythagoras disliked the magical bean because it’s also the musical fruit. Fava - the magic bean 2012-08-08T16:45:05.313Z The Lute of Pythagoras, built from the golden triangle with vertices ABC. Strumming the Lute of Pythagoras 2013-05-29T13:45:00.337Z I think not the contrary, but that the great, wise man Pythagoras meant these things when he by a proper device of philosophy frightened the unlearned multitude of people from the slaying of silly beasts. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z This is the answer which Helmholtz gave to the question of Pythagoras, so far as it can be explained with the means now at my command. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z “I think you are mightily like old Pythagoras, Miss Adelaide.” The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z According to legend, Pythagoras was given the options of facing his enemies or fleeing through a fava bean field. Fava - the magic bean 2012-08-08T16:45:05.313Z The Lute of Pythagoras superimposed on a photograph of a forest. Strumming the Lute of Pythagoras 2013-05-29T13:45:00.337Z On the left we see the most ancient of the philosophic schools gathered around Pythagoras. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Pythagoras failed to reveal the causes of these laws. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Both, however, observed the ascetic life, of which the abstinence of Pythagoras and the endurance of the Stoics were imitations, and all practised the virtues most opposite to heathen morality, namely, humility and charity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In other words, in regards to their sentiment towards fava beans, malarial parasites would be on Team Pythagoras. Fava - the magic bean 2012-08-08T16:45:05.313Z The Lute of Pythagoras is just one of the geometric constructions Hanson uses in her course. Two of Hanson’s students generously shared art they created for her class using the Lute of Pythagoras. Strumming the Lute of Pythagoras 2013-05-29T13:45:00.337Z To his left Pythagoras is writing on his knee, and near him, with ink and pen, is Empedocles. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z But the Platonic school, and the Egyptian school which connected itself with the name of Pythagoras, were both essentially religious. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z But why go to climate, to Plato, to Pythagoras, and to Buddha, to account for what is one of the most striking recommendations of the gospels? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Although Egyptians felt a mixed sentiment towards fava beans, there was only one thing the Greek philosopher Pythagoras felt for them–sheer disdain. Fava - the magic bean 2012-08-08T16:45:05.313Z Pythagoras named his esoteric doctrine the gnosis or “knowledge,” and Plato used a similar expression to indicate the “interior knowledge.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Mohammed, Buddha, and Zoroaster agree on that point, and the esoteric teachings of Pythagoras may have qualified his rather fanciful objections to grape-juice by the practical hope of longevity. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z There was a tradition that Pythagoras had himself penetrated to India, and learnt philosophy from the gymnosophists. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z He next took to the disciples of Pythagoras. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Pythagoras alone and his philosophy looked in the true direction. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The writings of Thales, Solon, Pythagoras, Democritus, Plato, Herodotus, and Xenophon, all of whom visited remote countries, contain no mention of the Jews whatever. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Epictetus quotes lines which he attributes to Pythagoras— Let sleep not come upon thy languid eyes Ere thou has scanned the actions of the day— Where have I sinned? The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Seneca176 and the whole school of Pythagoras objected to the sacrifices. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z This was the belief of the Brahmins, and was no doubt transmitted to the Academic and Eleatic schools of Greece by Pythagoras. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Kant was not his master, neither was Fichte nor Schelling, but Pythagoras rather; Pythagoras more than Plato, with whom, notwithstanding his great admiration, he is less intimately allied. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Why, Pythagoras was an Eremite, and under ground for seven years: and his daughter was an abbess. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Sotion recommended vegetarianism on the grounds which Pythagoras had laid down. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z “The end of man,” said Pythagoras, “is God.” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z We find Pythagoras directing certain mental disorders to be treated by music. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Mr. Alcott showed himself the disciple of Pythagoras in that he was the worshipper of ideal truth and purity, the uncompromising servant of the spiritual laws. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Pythagoras is said to have employed music for the cure of mental diseases. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z It was little more than thirty years after the arrival of Pythagoras in Croton that a furious war broke out between them. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z For starters, it is helpful to remember Pythagoras and his theorem. Is This Living Room Big Enough for My TV? 2012-02-08T18:34:39Z Pythagoras was banished from Athens; Anaxagoras was immured in a dungeon; Democritus was considered a maniac, and Socrates condemned to death. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Shortly afterwards, however, an insurrection took place, by which the disciples of Pythagoras were driven out, and a democracy established. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Even for Pythagoras it was claimed he existed in heaven before he was born upon the earth. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z He was of old Pythagoras’ opinion, That green cheese was most wholesome with an onion; Coarse meslin bread, and for his daily swig, Milk, buttermilk, and water, whey and whig. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z There is indeed no trace in Ennius of the rigid intellectual consistency of Lucretius, nor in Lucretius any sympathy with those mystic speculations which Ennius derived from the lore attributed to Pythagoras. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The former class of cases was well known in antiquity, for Pythagoras already had, according to popular report, appeared to numerous friends before he died. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Pythagoras, and his followers, have erred only on this point. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Pythagoras in his youth astonishes the doctors by his wisdom. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z As a consequence, both Plato and Pythagoras conclude that the immediate issue of this ineffable Cause must be gods, and each must partake of the same nature and have a superessential existence. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z There is something beyond nature in the rare figures that become visible, like the golden hips that his disciples attributed to Pythagoras. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z The schools of the two oldest Greek philosophers, those of Thales and Pythagoras, were established, it is remarkable, not in ancient Greece, but the one in an Asiatic, the other in an Italian colony. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z It is like the music of the spheres which only Pythagoras heard. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z Pythagoras was a spirit in heaven before he was born on earth. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Solon, it is well known, travelled to the court of Croesus, and it is affirmed that Pythagoras visited India. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z It was, unquestionably, the source from which moral philosophy was directly developed, and theorists upon life and infinity, such as Pythagoras and Xenophanes, seem to have begun their career as gnomic poets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Pythagoras founded at Croton a “school” somewhat resembling a monastic order. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The story of Pythagoras and the transmigration of souls. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z Osiris was "the Redeemer of Light," and Pythagoras was both "Light and Truth." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Pythagoras and Plato, and many other Greek philosophers, were students at this Egyptian seat of learning. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Notice that the product of the digits of Mr. Jobs’s birth date 2241955 is equal to the product of three consecutive squares, 9 x 16 x 25, which in this case, remind us of Pythagoras. Wordplay Blog: Numberplay: Turtles All The Way Down 2011-10-11T20:38:02Z The Hindus knew the proposition long before Bhaskara, however, and possibly before Pythagoras. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Pythagoras — and later Aristotle and Euclid — wrote about the Earth as a sphere. Busting a myth about Columbus and a flat Earth 2011-10-10T17:49:59Z We all accept Pythagoras as a real entity, while we reject the story of his walking on the air. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z To Solomon’s Egyptian bride the Needle must have been an ancestral monument; to Pythagoras and Solon a record of a traditional past antecedent to all historical recollection. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z So that when the maiden entered society she looked on men as mere ciphers or figures, as they appear in one of the tables of Pythagoras. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The greatest pupil of Thales, and one of the most remarkable men of antiquity, was Pythagoras. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z They used to do so in other days for Plato and Pythagoras, when their souls were lofty and incorruptible. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It is stated, but on doubtful authority, that Pythagoras discovered it, and it has been called by his name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Pythagoras ingeniously calculated the great stature of Hercules, by comparing the length of various stadia in Greece. Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-12T02:00:27.427Z Neither Moses nor Jacob, neither Zoroaster nor Paul, nor Pythagoras nor Swedenborg, neither the most obscure evangelists nor the most amazing of God's prophets, have been superior to what you might become. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The brotherhood founded by Pythagoras proved so offensive to the government that it was dispersed before the death of the master. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z But has the human mind really expanded since the days of Pythagoras and Plato? The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z In a celebrated passage in his Metamorphoses, Ovid puts into the mouth of the philosopher Pythagoras an account of what was probably regarded as the Pythagorean view of the subject in the Augustan age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Pythagoras and his followers, who were interested, like Descartes, in the application of number to geometry, adopted in that science more arithmetical methods than those with which Euclid has made us familiar. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z Pythagoras long before the group of the classical period had said, "Order thyself so that thy soul may always be in good estate; whatsoever become of thy body." Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z This property seems to have been a matter of common knowledge long before Pythagoras, even as far east as China. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z And Alexis says, in his Tarentines— For, as we hear, the pupils of Pythagoras Eat no good meat nor any living thing, And they alone of men do drink no wine. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The Greeks did not get much beyond trained observation, though Pythagoras made one fundamental experiment when he determined the dependence of the pitch of sound on the length of the vibrating cord. Man's Redemption of Man A Lay Sermon 2011-08-02T02:00:20.160Z Pythagoras, as we all learnt in youth, discovered the proposition that the sum of the squares on the sides of a right-angled triangle is equal to the square on the hypotenuse. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z He then began to declaim about the Druids, Odin, Brahma, Pythagoras, quoting Latin and Greek, and announcing the near transformation of the people of Harberg into wolves, foxes, and animals of all sorts. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z The fact that we may use for tiles on a floor three regular polygons—the triangle, square, and hexagon—is noteworthy, a fact that Proclus tells us was recognized by Pythagoras. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Such is our life, not much exposed to fevers; For no one, when there's meat, will eat of thyme, Not even the pupils of Pythagoras. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Let us see, too, how wisely the great master Pythagoras went to his work. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Now this fact might have been assimilated by some philosophies without any great difficulty, but to the philosophy of Pythagoras it was absolutely fatal. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z If it was from the Druids that Pythagoras derived the basis of his theology, why should it not be from them that he derived also that of his astronomy? Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Hippasus assumed the glory of the discovery to himself, whereas everything belongs to Him, for thus they designate Pythagoras, and do not call Him by name. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z No man could e'er in wickedness surpass him; So miserly, that nothing except thyme Was ever bought by him for food, not e'en So much as might have fed Pythagoras. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The turnip and the bean—this last held sacred by the Greeks, and which Pythagoras honored with a symbol—have lost much of the solid repute they once enjoyed here in New England and elsewhere. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Pythagoras held that number is the constitutive essence of all things, yet no two numbers could express the ratio of the side of a square to the diagonal. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z They had colleges of priests specially attached to the study of the stars, at which Pythagoras, Plato, and Eudoxus were instructed. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z In particular Plato tells us that they asserted that the four elements of the real world were the tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, and cube, and Plutarch ascribes this doctrine to Pythagoras himself. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z And proceeding a little farther, he says— A. Shreds of Pythagoras and subtleties And well-fill'd thoughts are their sufficient food. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Pythagoras declared that anise seed held in the hand was an excellent remedy for epilepsy. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Heraclitos has solved the riddle of the world; Parmenides has unmasked the soul; Pythagoras has measured God; we have nothing left us but to hold our tongues. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The cosmographical part of his poem is borrowed from the system of Pythagoras and the Venerable Bede. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Although Eudemus attributes all five to Pythagoras, it is certain that the tetrahedron, cube, and octahedron were known to the Egyptians, since they appear in their architectural decorations. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z And, in his Female Pythagorean, he says— A. The banquet shall be figs and grapes and cheese, For these the victims are which the strict law Allows Pythagoras' sect to sacrifice. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It is, therefore, not surprising that Pythagoras saw, as he thought, the strong scent of the anise seed act favorably. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z He said, in his own house, not a milk pitcher was bought of which he had not at first, as Pythagoras did of his pupils, made a physiognomical inspection. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z To him we owe the first serious exposition of the complete harmonic cosmography of Pythagoras. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Pythagoras set forth as a young man to travel. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z But Pythagoras, who wrote a book on the Red Sea, says that the Troglodytæ make the panduri out of the daphne which grows on the seashore. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Then he rambled to Paris, to lecture on his favourite Euclid, explaining the elements not only mathematically, but by their application to natural philosophy, like another Pythagoras. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z They must have had their Pythagoras, their Plato, their Kepler, their Galileo, their Newton, if they know what we know. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z True, no one has ever heard these sounds, but Pythagoras himself may answer this objection. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z If we listen to those who wish to recount ancient history, we may find some of them referring this theorem to Pythagoras and saying that he sacrificed an ox in honor of his discovery. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Stratonicus wrote and sent a messenger to him, desiring him who carried the message to seek out a disciple of Pythagoras who kept the portico crowded by his insane vagaries about dress, and his insolence. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Pythagoras taught that each number had its own peculiar character, virtue, and properties. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Pythagoras is related to have been the first who saw, in the clear light of demonstration, the property of the right-angled triangle, of which we have spoken. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The discovery of these harmonic numbers is due to Pythagoras. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Pythagoras had studied in Egypt and possibly in the East before he established his school at Crotona, in southern Italy. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Other men may see the stars shining in the midnight silence, but it seems to me that I actually hear that 'music of the spheres' spoken of by Pythagoras. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z They looked upon Plato and Pythagoras as predestined vehicles of God's spirit, appointed to prepare the heathen world for the reception of the true mysteries, though not admitted themselves to full participation in the same. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z It had a powerful influence on the ancient Egyptian philosophy, as also on that of the Greeks, as may be seen in Pythagoras. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In his Meropis and Ancylio, this dramatist is supposed to have carped at Plato; and his comedy founded on the life of Pythagoras, was probably in a similar vein of satire. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z On the same authority, Pythagoras was the first to declare the earth was round and to discuss the antipodes. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z I wish that Pythagoras had expressed, by numbers, certain relations, very insufficiently understood, by which he infers, that the world was built by the rules of arithmetic. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z But Pythagoras considered music and astronomy of special value. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Proclus also attributes to Pythagoras the theory of proportionals and the construction of the five “cosmic figures,” the five regular solids. Archimedes Men of Science 2011-03-13T03:00:23.660Z Pythagoras, to many the father of gematria, would certainly have enjoyed the geometric passing of Xavi, a man who has a protractor for a brain and a compass for a right foot. The Joy of Six: Great passes 2011-03-11T09:57:41Z But, says Apollonius in his address to the Gymnosophists, Pythagoras was not the inventor of it. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z We know that Pythagoras, who studied geometry and morals among them, embraced this humane doctrine, and brought it into Italy. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Pythagoras was convinced that from the herb up to man, there were many causes of chagrin. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z In geometry Pythagoras set himself to lay the foundations of the subject, beginning with certain important definitions and investigating the fundamental principles. Archimedes Men of Science 2011-03-13T03:00:23.660Z Upon this principle, Pythagoras determined the height of Hercules, by the length of the feet with which he measured the Olympic stadium at Elis. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The close resemblance, however, between many of the features of Pythagorean discipline and doctrine and Indo-Aryan thought and practice, make us19 hesitate entirely to reject the possibility of Pythagoras having visited ancient Āryāvarta. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z I once thought that Pythagoras had learned the true celestial system from the Chaldæans; but I think so no longer. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Pythagoras proceeded a little way and found an oyster yawning on a small rock. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z This is to some extent confirmed by another tradition that Pythagoras discovered a general formula for finding two numbers such that the sum of their squares is a square number. Archimedes Men of Science 2011-03-13T03:00:23.660Z The doctrines of Plato and Pythagoras agree with the ideas by the dramatists spoken on the stage, and with those that lyricists sang to the harp. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z No harm will accrue to the Christian religion by its perusal, for there are no allusions to the Life of Christ in it, and the miracles are based on those ascribed to Pythagoras. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z Another reason, not less strong, is that of all those who have attributed this discovery to Pythagoras, no one can positively say how he treated it. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z This school became very prosperous, and hundreds of pupils received the secret instructions of Pythagoras, who taught by the use of ciphers or numbers, and hieroglyphic writings. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z When on my table shall be seen Pythagoras' kinsman bean, And bacon, not too fat, embellish My dish of greens, and give it relish? Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z You are going to be philosophical," said Mrs. Fielden; "you are going to quote Protagoras, or Pythagoras, or Plato, which will not convince me in the least. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z The outer forms of this discipline as exemplified in Pythagoras are thus summed up by our author. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z Notwithstanding that Newton, Gregory, and Keil honor Pythagoras and the Chaldæans with a knowledge of the system of Copernicus, and that latterly M. Monier is of their opinion, I have the impudence to think otherwise. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Pythagoras shuddered; he felt the enormity of the crime he had nearly committed; he begged pardon of the oyster with tears in his eyes, and replaced it very carefully on the rock. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z It is somewhat softened in Plato, for Plato drew from the East by way of Pythagoras, but the beauty of Greek tragedy, architecture, sculpture, is essentially austere and severe. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z A similar honour was paid by the Carpocratians to Homer, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, as well as to the Apostles; crowns were placed upon their images, and incense burned before them. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Hence his disciples regarded Pythagoras as an inspired teacher, and received his rules as laws. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z Pluto signifies the whole of our material nature, and, according to Pythagoras, the empire of this god commences downwards from the Galaxy or Milky Way. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z On his entrance, Pythagoras was stunned, bruised, and thrown down by a lot of tatterdemalions, who were running and crying: "Well done, he fully deserved it." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Pythagoras is said to have been the first to describe the earth as a sphere, and this view was adopted by Eudoxus and Aristotle. Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 2011-01-22T03:00:16.753Z In one of the inscriptions found at Cyrene, about twenty years since, Zoroaster, Pythagoras, Epicurus, and others, are put together with our Lord, as guides of conduct. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Pythagoras was a reincarnation of the hero Euphorbus who fought at Troy, according to popular superstition; therefore, naturally, the young Indian was the reincarnation of the hero Palamedes! Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z The planet signifies pure intellect, and Pythagoras symbolically called the sea a tear of Saturn. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z Pythagoras taught, and his followers maintained, the absolute equality of property, "all their worldly possessions being brought into a common store". Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z For our puzzle prize we offer his latest, stunningly illustrated work, “The Math Book,” which has the intriguing subtitle “From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension: 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics.” Numberplay: The Puzzles of Pickover 2010-05-03T16:05:00Z The long-lived conception of a series of crystal spheres, acting as the vehicles of the heavenly bodies, and attuned to divine harmonies, seems to have originated with Pythagoras himself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" But Apollonius declared it brings us nearer to the real, as Pythagoras and Plato declared before him, and as all the wiser teach. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z The daemonology of Pythagoras, along with the doctrine of metempsychosis in its moral aspect, was adopted by Plato, whether as a serious theory or as a philosophic myth. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In obedience to an oracle, the Romans, long after the death of Pythagoras, erected a statue to his memory as the wisest of mankind.—E. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z In the tomb of Pythagoras near Cortona, with a span of about 10 ft., only four voussoirs were employed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" “I never was so be-rhymed,” says Rosalind, “since Pythagoras' time, that I was an Irish rat—which I can hardly remember.” Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Pythagoras said that the most divine art was that of healing. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z They inspired a Socrates, a Pythagoras, a Diogenes, or a Zeno; they are present in all human spirits. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The pupils of Pythagoras," says Eschenburg, Manual of Classical Literature, "soon amounted to 600, dwelt in one public building, and held their property in common. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Beans were believed by some of the ancients to contain the souls of their ancestors, and Pythagoras would not eat beans for this reason. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis But the evidence on the whole shows that the Celts did not hold this doctrine at all in the same way as Pythagoras and the Orientals did. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race He studied at Tarsus and in the temple of Asclepius at Aegae, where he devoted himself to the doctrines of Pythagoras and adopted the ascetic habit of life in its fullest sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" This theory of life and death, coming down from Pythagoras, and popularised by Platonism, with some Stoic elements, had gained immense vogue among educated men of the last period of the Republic. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The early Christians had also "all things in common," and the doctrines of Jesus and Pythagoras have many points of resemblance. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Pythagoras, he said, attributed it to the scorching heat of the sun, as if somehow this left a trace of itself even after the sun had sunk. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The system of Pythagoras has by modern writers been correctly considered as the Doric philosophy: yet it is singular that it should have originated with a native of the Ionic Samos. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Pythagoreis: Pythagoras, believing that the human soul might pass into one of the lower animals after death, forbade animal food to his disciples. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes It was in the dim system of Pythagoras that the doctrine became a really religious tenet, as it was to the Platonists of the Antonine age. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Pythagoras supposed they meant lentiles, or some other vegetables: but he was in an error; they meant two poor Indians. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Examinations, when held at all, probably did not extend beyond the first book, as is shown by the nickname 'magister matheseos' applied to the Theorem of Pythagoras, the last in the first book.... Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Croton was the soil upon which Pythagoras endeavoured to realise his notions of a true aristocracy, an endeavour in which he succeeded. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 While imparting the precepts of Pythagoras, my metaphysical system has time to mature, and I needn't teach anything for which I can't be fully responsible. The Children of the World Pythagoras was more priest and mystic than philosopher. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He left him to self-examination, and to consume his heart, as Pythagoras has it. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The incommensurable of Pythagoras and the paradoxes of Zeno present the "no thoroughfares" of ancient mathematical thought. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude His work on music also is not a translation from Pythagoras, who left no writing behind him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" After all, there are problems which Pythagoras never solved. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus When a youthful Eclectic professed his readiness to obey any philosophic call, from the Academy, the Porch, or the Pythagorean discipline of silence, Demonax cried out, “Pythagoras calls you.” Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Among these judges there was an honest man with whom Pythagoras was acquainted. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He delighted in the visions of Pythagoras, and in the intellectual revels of Epicurus. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency But Boetius belonged to the school of musical writers who based their science on the method of Pythagoras. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" I was, unfortunately, acquainted with the doctrines of Pythagoras, and, at the time to which I refer, no doubt insane. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. In this treatise we see the new theology wrestling in a hopeless struggle to unite the thought of Pythagoras and Plato with the grossness of Egyptian myth. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This love of mystery, and their general character as miracle-mongers, largely account for the legends which grew up around the life of Pythagoras himself. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Although Pythagoras is introduced by the poet as delivering his doctrine in person, some of the illustrations are derived from natural events which happened after the death of the philosopher. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Now, wise Pythagoras," he said, "wilt thou not have enjoyment and to spare this night? The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel The image of Jesus was crowned along with those of Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" In the sixth book of the Aeneid the eschatologies of old Rome and Greece are combined, but not blended, with the doctrines of transmigration and purgatorial expiation descending from Pythagoras or the Orphic mystics. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Pythagoras is said to have discovered the 47th Proposition of Euclid, and to have sacrificed an ox in honour thereof. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Pythagoras found in number the ultimate principle of creation. The Book of This and That "And I a blow in the stomach which has chilled me to the marrow," sighed Pythagoras. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Iamblichus in his life of Pythagoras speaks of it as a place of great sanctity forbidden to the vulgar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Pythagoras, 580 B.C., knew, in addition to the sphericity of the earth, the obliquity of the ecliptic, the identity of the evening and morning star, and that the earth revolves round the sun. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science And there is good reason to believe that practically the whole of the substance of the First Book of Euclid is the work of Pythagoras. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy And, for aught that is known, long before the eras of Socrates and Pythagoras, Plato and Confucius, the Mongol and the Persian. An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem "To the 'Lame Cow,' then, O Pythagoras, and I'll toss thee for the first drink of hot ale." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel In Cambridge itself there is a Norman house, much altered, which by a tradition of unknown origin bears the name of the School of Pythagoras. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" This was also the characteristic mystery in the doctrine of Pythagoras. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He mentions Xenophanes and Pythagoras in terms of obloquy. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy It would be interesting to find material of later date, such as Pythagoras is reported to have studied. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" "Surely thou canst walk as far as the 'Lame Cow'?" queried Pythagoras, anxiously. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel The travels of Pythagoras are equally mythical; they are inventions of Alexandrian writers, who believed that all wisdom must have flowed from the East. Lectures on The Science of Language The biographies of the former begin with Anaximander, and end with Clitomachus, Theophrastus and Chrysippus; the latter begins with Pythagoras, and ends with Epicurus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Like Pythagoras, he possessed a powerful and magnetic personality. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Pythagoras found him expiating his mirth in hell. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern "There's nothing for it," piped Pythagoras with consummate philosophy. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel One lady built a chapel in which she burnt incense before statues of Jesus, Pythagoras, Homer, and others. Roman Women In the schools of Pythagoras, established at Croton in Magna Gr�cia, women were freely admitted and took a prominent part in the exercises, together with their husbands and brothers. Greek Women There is nothing in itself improbable in the belief that Pythagoras made these travels, but it cannot be accepted as proved for lack of evidence. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy I speak of Pythagoras the Samian—him of the golden thigh, the founder of what is called the Pythagorean philosophy.” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Socrates had, fortunately, not fainted, and after a little while was able to settle down astride on his friend's back, his arms around the latter's neck, Pythagoras giving vigorous pushes from the rear. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Remain thou still in darkness: thou shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow of thy wits, and fear to kill a woodcock lest thou dispossess the soul of thy grandam.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare Other writers name other female adepts in Pythagorean philosophy, who lived during and after the time of Pythagoras. Greek Women We know that Pythagoras himself was not a total abstainer from flesh. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy All the heads were gone except that of Pythagoras, which he left lying in its place. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 He was carefully wiping the shining blade of Bucephalus with the corner of Pythagoras' mantle. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pythagoras is celebrated as the discoverer of the holy ‘Tetraktos’ the fountain and root of ever-living nature, or the Cosmos consisting of Fire, Air, Earth, Water, the four roots of all existing things. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Of all the Pythagorean Women, none attained such exalted rank as Pythagoras's wife, the high-minded Theano. Greek Women For it is not known what share Pythagoras had in this philosophy or what share was contributed by his successors. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In this perturbed state of mind my eye caught the bust of Pythagoras. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 "What are we to do?" moaned Pythagoras, in his dulcet tones. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pythagoras and his followers did not eat fish. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The two systems which appealed most to enlightened pagans during the earlier Christian centuries were those of Pythagoras and Plato, which offered many points of likeness. Greek Women And in the same sense Aristotle denies the doctrine of Pythagoras and Plato that the soul reincarnates itself in new bodies, particularly in the bodies of animals. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy “And do you really go all the lengths of Pythagoras?” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 My father was English and my friend Pythagoras here was born in a donkey shed, whilst Socrates first saw the light of day in a travelling menagerie. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel When he came to man's estate, he became an enthusiastic admirer and devoted follower of Pythagoras. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The first eruption appears to have occurred in the time of Pythagoras; we have no details as to its nature.The second eruption occurred in 477 b.c. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions The myth of it all, brought by Pythagoras from Egypt is very old. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Pythagoras was a fool, a madman, an impostor.” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Beside him Pythagoras looked like the full stop in a semi-colon, for he was but little over five feet in height and very fat. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pythagoras, born about 570 B. C., had divine honors paid him. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Pythagoras asserts that number is the first principle. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Erasmus has pointed out some of these sources, in the responses of oracles; the allegorical symbols of Pythagoras; the verses of the poets; allusions to historical incidents; mythology and apologue; and other recondite origins. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 No, not of the divine Pythagoras, for such a person never existed. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Pythagoras in the rear heaved a deep sigh; he drew in his breath preparatory to a long and comprehensive oration. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel It was taught by the Hindoos, the Egyptians, Plato, Pythagoras, Zoroaster, the Stoics, and others, and was afterwards adopted by the Christians. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The list of Eleatic philosophers is doubtfully closed by the name of Empedocles of Agrigentum, who in legend almost rivals Pythagoras. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Thus, the Greeks, Thales, Anaximenes, and Pythagoras, thought respectively that water, air, or number is such an agency explaining the production of physical effects. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic “But do not think that my stock is exhausted; I have still a few more that I can show you—for instance, Pythagoras.” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 "I pray thee raise thy hand to my lips," mimicked Pythagoras mockingly. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Selvatico states them as follows: Solomon, the wise; Priscian, the grammarian; Aristotle, the logician; Tully, the orator; Pythagoras, the philosopher; Archimedes, the mechanic; Orpheus, the musician; Ptolemy, the astronomer. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Of Pythagoras, the founder of this sect, but little is known with certainty; even the date of his birth is contested, probably he was born at Samos about B.C. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Pythagoras had imposed upon his pupils the abstraction of a common, exactly-defined manner of living. Pedagogics as a System “Did not Pythagoras enjoin silence to his disciples for a period of five years,—absolute silence, muteness, dumbness?” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 "And we are no longer likely to find the place dull," concluded Pythagoras in a flute-like voice. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Another notable example of the early Greek philosophy is found in Pythagoras, who asserted that number was the first principle. History of Human Society If it were not explicitly stated by the ancients that Pythagoras lived for twenty-two years in Egypt, there is sufficient internal evidence in his story to prove that he had been there a long time. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition After being early educated in the circle of philosophy, and in the practice of the ascetic discipline of his predecessor Pythagoras, he imitated that philosopher in spending the next portion of his life in travel. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The Stoics, the Epicureans, ay, even the Cynics, with Diogenes or Menippus at their head, were sages compared with Pythagoras, the founder of the most preposterous system of philosophy that ever existed.” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 I'll do that, good Diogenes," said Pythagoras gently, as he took both the stone and the struggling Jan Tiele from his friend's grasp, "and Socrates will see to Willem at the same time. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel You ask me," continues Plutarch, "'for what reason Pythagoras abstained from eating the flesh of brutes?' Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery Instead of troubling themselves with inquiries after absolute truth, philosophers sought support in the opinions of the ancient times, and the real or imputed views of Pythagoras, Plato, or Aristotle were received as a criterion. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Hipparchus ranks with the Keplers and Newtons; and Copernicus was but the champion of Pythagoras. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) “You don’t speak thus of the divine Pythagoras?” returned he, putting his bust upon the table. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 "More stones please," came in a shrill falsetto from Pythagoras, "here's Piet whose nose is itching fit to make him swear." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel All philosophers have given their testimony in favor of vegetable food, from Pythagoras to Franklin. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery The countenance of our Saviour, along with those of Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, appears on some of their engraved gems and seals. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition I thought I had made a discovery as confidently as Pythagoras did when he demonstrated the forty-seventh proposition of the first book of Euclid. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 It begins at least as early as Pythagoras and Heraclitus, perhaps as early as Hesiod; for Hesiod seems sometimes to be turning allegory back into myth. Five Stages of Greek Religion Pythagoras uttered a prolonged sigh and gazed meditatively down into the depths of his mug of ale. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pythagoras restricted himself to vegetable food altogether, his dinner being bread, honey, and water; and he lived upward of eighty years. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery The theory of Pythagoras was that the distances between the heavenly bodies were determined by the laws of musical concord. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer One Greek there was, Pythagoras, who discerned the association between the distant music of the spheres with the seven notes of the scale. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 “After all the pains we took to make things lively for him, so he wouldn’t get bored and think he was having a poor time!” regretted Pythagoras. Our Next-Door Neighbors Socrates and Pythagoras nodded in their gloomy response. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel It has led to a belief in the triplicate nature of the supreme Being, and to those philosophical triads which have often attracted thinkers, from Pythagoras and Heraclitus down to Hegel and Ghiberti. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Possibly you may be a disciple of Pythagoras, and believe that the souls of the dead are encased in beans, and so think it almost sacrilegious for us to use them as food.” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance It was about the time of Pythagoras that a scheme of tetrachords which did not overlap was adopted. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 “He got a lot of dough yesterday,” informed Pythagoras, “and he put half of it in the bank here.” Our Next-Door Neighbors Pythagoras and Socrates both shrugged their shoulders and suggested no explanation. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "I am greater than Pythagoras, Kepler, Newton!" he raved, only stopping for breath. Melomaniacs A propos of beans, he would mention Pythagoras's precept to abstain from beans, and that this precept probably meant that wise men should abstain from public affairs. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Should Pythagoras, Socrates, or Plato, say to me, Why are you dejected, or sad? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Pythagoras, Emerald, and Demetrius, aged respectively nine, eight, and seven, were very much alike in looks and size, being so many pinched caricatures of their mother. Our Next-Door Neighbors Pythagoras, too, was equally closely pressed, and Diogenes had just sent an over bold lout sprawling on the ground. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel At Athens, the common crier was instructed to burn all the prohibited works of Pythagoras which could be found. Bygone Punishments Pythagoras himself would have insisted upon his exclusive right to the vegetables on which he was to subsist, especially if he had raised them by his own care and industry. Practical Education, Volume I He is said also to have been a pupil of Pittacus, the rival of Thales, and the master of Pythagoras. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero “She said,” added Pythagoras, “that you were so crazy over children, that probably you’d be glad to have us stay with you all the time.” Our Next-Door Neighbors Pythagoras too nodded in his chair; but Diogenes remained wide awake, and no doubt Mynheer Beek's wine gave him pleasing thoughts, for the merry look never fled from his eyes. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel The philosopher Pythagoras seems to have been extremely nice in eating; among his absolute injunctions to his disciples, he commands them to “abstain from beans.” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual They held, with Pythagoras, the doctrine of the transmigration of souls. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 You produce Themistocles and Demosthenes; to these you add Pythagoras, Democritus, and Plato. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero “He ain’t got no fit,” was the cheerful assurance of Pythagoras, as he sauntered in. Our Next-Door Neighbors On my left stands Pythagoras, on my right Socrates. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pythagoras, during his stay in Egypt, was initiated in all the mysteries of the country; and instructed by the priests in whatever was most abstruse and important in their religion. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Dufour mentions as a possible objection against coffee that "the use and eating of beans were heretofore forbidden by Pythagoras," but intimates that the coffee bean of Arabia is something different. All About Coffee Why did Pythagoras himself travel over Egypt, and visit the Persian Magi; why did he go on foot over so many countries of the barbarians, and make so many voyages? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero “He’s been eating your tooth powder,” explained Pythagoras. Our Next-Door Neighbors "Total darkness, not a soul in sight, and cold! fit to chill the inner chambers of hell," assented Pythagoras. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pythagoras discovered that the Morning and Evening Stars are one and the same planet. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Or taught by thee—like Pythagoras's ox— Is then his master grown more orthodox Whatever 'tis, a sober cause't must be That thus long bars us of thy company. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Aristotle, however, distinguishes between the principles of Alcmæon and Pythagoras, though without explaining in what the difference consisted. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Your son Pythagoras informed me that you had taken your oldest child, Ptolemy, and your youngest, Diogenes, with you, I am glad you left three such promising samples for me to see. Our Next-Door Neighbors "I wouldn't sell my thirst for any money this night," assented Pythagoras. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel The wisest of the Grecian philosophers, among whom were Solon, Pythagoras and Plato, went there for instruction, as our young men now go to England and Germany. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Christ was his Master, and he made His life a gospel sweet; Plato and Pythagoras in him Found a disciple meet. Three Unpublished Poems Pythagoras is said to have been the first who assumed the title of φιλόσοφος; but there is great uncertainty as to the most material of his philosophical and religious opinions. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Pythagoras was kicked off the raft twice, following a mutiny. Our Next-Door Neighbors "And now, perhaps you will tell us what you are going to do," said Pythagoras in flute-like tones. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel In philosophy, it might produce the follies of Cynic oddity, but not the sublime lessons of Pythagoras or Socrates. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The first crude hypothesis of the gradual evolution of various vegetable and animal forms from one another may be found in the earliest Greek thinkers, just as Pythagoras and Aristarchus anticipated the Copernican theory. Progress and History Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was the soul of this world. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Pythagoras uttered high-trebled, thin-toned whines and ever and anon Emerald added a basso profundo accompaniment, making a combination that was most trying to the ears at close range. Our Next-Door Neighbors Yes, fair lady," piped Pythagoras, in his neatest falsetto, "we were the three men who, in the face of well-nigh overwhelming odds, did save a defenceless woman from the insolent rabble. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel This Vice or Skrew was placed according to the bent or sloping of the Triangle Rectangle of Pythagoras. An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author Alfarabi and Avicenna are also important, but other writings, such as those of Empedocles, Pythagoras, Hermes, Porphyry, represent a pre-Aristotelian philosophy which is obsolete, and are a waste of time. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Pythagoras says that our seed is the foam or cream of our better blood. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction “Rob gave us three nickels to put in the plate,” said Pythagoras. Our Next-Door Neighbors Socrates up aloft swaying about like a dummy figure in carnival time, and Pythagoras—still muttering a series of diversified oaths—bringing up the rear. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel The life of Pythagoras, with his symbols and golden verses. The Library of William Congreve Pythagoras had long devoted his intellectual adoration to the lofty idea of Order. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The fabricator's imagination ran riot, and he produced a fragment in the handwriting of Pythagoras, showing that Pythagoras wrote in bad French. Lectures on the French Revolution Emerald obeyed me today the first time I spoke, 267 and I even thought I saw a glimmer of good in Pythagoras.” Our Next-Door Neighbors "Doth he really paint thy portrait, O handsome Diogenes?" said Pythagoras unctuously. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel An essay of transmigration, in defence of Pythagoras: or, A discourse of natural philosophy. The Library of William Congreve The travels of Pythagoras are altogether mythical, the mere invention of Alexandrian writers, who believed that all wisdom flowed from the East. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles He was but a common man, born of woman; no Krishna conceived of a Virgin Devâki, nor even a Pythagoras initiate of Memphis and heir of Zoroaster; and this night he distrusted his genius. The Orchard of Tears “You wouldn’t send your own kids away to school,” said Pythagoras significantly. Our Next-Door Neighbors "Then what the d——l are you going to do?" reiterated Pythagoras plaintively. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Ptolemy, following Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle, acknowledged that the earth's figure was globular, and he demonstrated it by the same arguments that we employ at the present day. The Story of the Heavens Pythagoras and Plato are supposed to have travelled in the East in quest of knowledge. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles There is a trick, invented by Pythagoras, which is performed in the following manner. Moon Lore “Fishing, sailing on a raft, playing in the woods all day and––” “Playing ghost at night,” said Pythagoras with a grin. Our Next-Door Neighbors The play was short, O wise Pythagoras," retorted Diogenes with imperturbable good humour, "the curtain has already come down upon the last act. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Of this, instances are given by Iamblichus in his Life of Pythagoras. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries The fundamental law of thought which underlies this mode of proof was clearly recognized by Pythagoras. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Plato and Pythagoras generalized, and with many reservations represented that which they had been taught in the mysteries of Egypt. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology The first thing that one”––pointing to Pythagoras––“said was, ‘Mudder went away and took the baby, Diogenes, with her.’ Our Next-Door Neighbors "Well, of all the d——d idiots that ever...." swore Pythagoras, in his shrillest tones. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Thus Pythagoras journeyed among the Indians, and received in India a high Initiation, and Apollonius of Tyana later followed in his steps. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Though Pythagoras found in geometry the fitting initiative for abstract speculation, it is remarkable that he himself preferred to constitute the science of Numbers as the true representative of the laws of the universe. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles This comprises and constitutes the “Lesser Mysteries,” as in the School of Pythagoras, viz.: the instruction of the neophyte in ethics or morals. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology Pythagoras entered the room just then 259 and looked astounded and disappointed when he saw Beth and Rob departing. Our Next-Door Neighbors There is a certain wisdom even in stupidity sometimes, Pythagoras, as you will discover one day, when your nose is less red and your figure less fat. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Descended from some of the highest Athenian blood, he was early placed under Pythagoras to learn philosophy, and at the age of twenty-one was a candidate for the prize in poetry. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 It has, hence, been argued that Pythagoras could not have held the doctrine of "transmigration." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles In the School of Pythagoras we are informed that students sometimes remained for years in the “outer court,” and sometimes they failed entirely and hopelessly, and went back to the outer world. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology Pythagoras looked as if he had been struck, and quickly put his arms across his eyes. Our Next-Door Neighbors Pythagoras now was mimicking his friend, throwing into this performance all the disgust which he felt. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel It is observed in the golden verses of Pythagoras, that power is never far from necessity. Pearls of Thought He left Ionia, and arrived in Italy about the same time as Pythagoras, bringing with him to Italy his Ionian tendencies; he there amalgamated them with Pythagorean speculations. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles But it is not necessary to weigh the conflicting arguments for and against the opinion that Pythagoras and others regarded the earth as not the fixed centre of the universe. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy “See here, Pythagoras,” I said, “if I let you up in time to go to the game, will you promise me something?” Our Next-Door Neighbors "That's just my complaint," said Pythagoras, "but no! what else do you think he said earlier in the evening?" The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Copernicus recognized expressly that his theory was suggested to him by an hypothesis of Pythagoras—that of a revolution of the earth about a central fire, assumed to be in a fixed position. Essay on the Creative Imagination If the fame of Pythagoras had rested on such "airy nothings," it would have melted away before the time of Plato. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Pythagoras had adopted the belief of Apollonius Pergæus that the sun is the centre of the planetary paths, the earth one among the planets—a belief inseparable from the doctrine of the plurality of worlds. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy “Come on upstairs with me now,” I said to Pythagoras. Our Next-Door Neighbors "If you do not hold your tongue, O wise Pythagoras," retorted Diogenes with all his wonted merriment, "I'll even have to drop Socrates on the top of you in order to break your head." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Some have a wheel painted in them, like that of Pythagoras, described by the Venerable Bede; others portray a lake surrounded by the Naguals in the form of various animals. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History This is at once accounted for by the fact that Pythagoras taught in secret, and did not commit his opinions to writing. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The first eruption within the historical period probably happened in the seventh century B.C.; the second occurred in the time of Pythagoras. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror And Demetrius bought two electric flashlights yesterday, and Pythagoras can snap them once in a while from the lower windows.” Our Next-Door Neighbors "And let us enjoy the gifts which a beneficent goddess was ready to pour into our lap," added Pythagoras dulcetly from the floor. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Some of the ancient legends hold that Pythagoras was the instructor of the Druidic priests, and that Pythagoras himself was in close communication with the Brahmins of India, and the Hermetists of Egypt. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect And if, in the same connection, and in the course of the same argument, and in regard to the same subjects, he misrepresents Plato, it is most probable he also misrepresents Pythagoras. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Indeed Pythagoras fled secretly from the island at the very beginning of the tyrant's reign. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura |
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