GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Philosophy (XH-C4) Video Course Lecture: Theory of Pythagoras (35 mins) | Lecture 92 of 301

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  • Classical and Modern Western Philosophy » Metaphysics

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A polymath

No authentic writings have survived.

Discussed at length by Plato and Russell

Founder of the school- Pythagoreanism

Some of the key features of the school are discussed. For instance;

  • Practice vegetarianism
  • Practice silence
  • Follow asceticism
  • Listen to music, etc.

Understanding his Arche- Numbers: Numbers are understood by him graphically and not symbolically via letters.

Understanding the concept of Body and Soul

A feminist philosopher

Understanding Pythagoras՚ notion of an ethical life

Pythagoras as a Cosmologist

Understanding the theory of Opposites

References: A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly, A critical History of Western Philosophy by Y Masih. Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.