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...t <math>\sqrt{2}</math> is irrational. This proof is often attributed to [[Pythagoras]]. It is an example of a [[reductio ad absurdum]] type of proof:

[[Pythagoras of Samos]] (582-496 BCE) - [[Philolaus]] (470-380 BCE) - [[Alcmaeon of Cro

<blockquote>Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first w

...the ancient [[mathematics|mathematician]] and [[Philosophy|philosopher]] [[Pythagoras]]. It is sometimes called a '''ditonic comma'''.

...eaning 'a fastening or joint'. The concept of harmony dates as far back as Pythagoras. Therefore it is evident why it is used to refer to a connection between pe

In the ancient times, [[Pythagoras]] (570-510 BCE) and his collaborators empirically investigated the relation ...ygens]] (1629 - 1675) and [[Euler]] (1707 - 1783) rediscovered the work of Pythagoras and tried as well to found the perception of music on arithmetics.

...te]] and discussed some of it's medical benefits, as well as noting that [[Pythagoras]] favored it as an antidote for [[scorpion]] stings when placed in [[wine]]

:: - the mathematics of [[Euclid]] and [[Pythagoras]]

====Pythagoras (~569 to 474) B.C. ==== [[Pythagoras]], whose birth and death dates are still uncertain, left no writings and al

...f the fifth [475-450 BC], is disputed. Tradition claimed him as a pupil of Pythagoras [c.582–c.507 BC] 'in his old age', but the textual and historical basis f ...ssage so he can read for himself what, for instance, Heraclitus said about Pythagoras. For this reason, the fragments themselves as well as essential interpretiv

...ho is regarded as an "Exploded Aneristic". He is referred to as "Archangle Pythagoras", and treat him, in some ways, like a saint.

For that reason, the story (in the Meno dialogue) of Socrates teasing out Pythagoras theorem from an apparently ignorant slave boy is an interesting social comm ...s own views is that he (like Socrates and indeed the other Greeks, notably Pythagoras) had a hierarchy of knowledge in which ethics comes out on top, pure mathem

[[Iamblichus]], ''Life of Pythagoras'', cited in van der Waerden, op. cit., p. 108. See also ...tains the view that Thales knew Babylonian mathematics.</ref> state that [[Pythagoras]] learned mathematics from the Babylonians. (Much earlier sources<ref name=

...eek city of Croton in Italy. Alcmaeon lived during and near the times of [[Pythagoras]] (ca. 570 – 490 BCE), also in Croton, and before [[Hippocrates|Hippocrat ...the fifth [475-450 BC], is disputed. Tradition claimed him as a pupil of Pythagoras [c.582–c.507 BC] 'in his old age', but the textual and historical basis

...he inspiration behind the Academy however, was the school established by [[Pythagoras]] at Croton. When Plato died, leadership of the Academy was passed to his n

...s the same role in Classical culture as [[Napoleon]] in Western culture; [[Pythagoras]] resembles [[Martin Luther]]; [[Aristotle]] parallels [[Immanuel Kant]]; [

...a'', or wisdom.) The word ''philosophos'' (φιλόσοφος) was first used by [[Pythagoras]] to distinguish himself as a seeker of wisdom from those who thought of th ...hy, if any, is shrouded in obscurity. Plato's dialogues drew in part upon Pythagoras, who in turn may have drawn upon the Eastern philosophers. As one Western c

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