Who is Pythagoras? Detailed answer

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Who is Pythagoras?

Ancient Greece was the birthplace of many outstanding people, among which one of the most interesting is the famous scientist Pythagoras, who lived in the XNUMXth century BC. e. Pythagoras was a preacher, mathematician and philosopher. Because of his ideas and beliefs, he had to leave Greece and move to southern Italy. Why was the teaching of Pythagoras so unusual? He believed in immortality and "transmigration of souls".

In other words, Pythagoras believed that after death, souls that did not go to heaven inhabit the bodies of other people or animals. Therefore, he forbade his students to eat meat and sacrifice animals to the gods. The followers of Pythagoras, the Pythagoreans, observed many other strict rules. For example, they were supposed to remain silent and not drink wine. Of course, some of the ideas of Pythagoras may seem naive and even stupid to us.

It should not be forgotten, however, that he made a great contribution to science. He discovered that the pitch of a string is in strict mathematical relation to its length. Proceeding from this, he developed the theory of harmony and expressed the idea that numbers underlie everything that is in the Universe.

The Pythagoreans also created a theory regarding the solar system. In this area, their ideas were not far from the truth. They believed that the Earth is a sphere revolving around the star. And of course, everyone knows about the famous Pythagorean theorem, which determines the ratio of sides in a right triangle.

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