Pythagoras [Samos, 582 - 500 BC].
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Have a little read: ... Pythagoras [Samos, 582 - 500 BC] Like Thales, Pythagoras is rather known for mathematics than for philosophy. Anyone who can recall math classes will remember the first lessons of geometry that usually start with Pythagoras famous proposition about right-angled triangles: a²+b²=c². Pythagoras found this principle two and a half millennia ago -around 532 BC- and with it his name and philosophy have survived the turbulences of history. His immediate followers were strongly influenced by him, and even until today Pythagoras shines through the mist of ages as one of the brightest figures of early Greek antiquity. What he found out about triangles has been the beginning of mathematics in Western culture, and ever since mathematics -the art of demonstrative and deductive reasoning- has had a profound influence on Western philosophy, which can be observed down to Russel and Wittgenstein. Pythagoras' influence found an expression in visual art and music as well, particularly in the
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