Tag: # Pythagoreans

Here is a clean comparison of three (3) major ancient Greek philosophical schools— Pythagoras’ School, Plato’s Academy  Aristotle’s Lyceum — focusing on founders, aims, methods, subjects, and institutional culture. 1. Pythagoras’ School (Pythagorean Brotherhood). Founder: Pythagoras of Samos (570–495 BC). Location: Croton (in Magna Graecia, southern Italy) Purpose & Character. Both a philosophical school and … Continue reading Pythagoras’ School, Plato’s Academy & Aristotle’s Lyceum.

  For  Pythagoreans, “number” is a living reality whose nature is to be discovered. Pythagorean study of “number” is divided into four (4) branches: Arithmetic: number in itself. Geometry: number in space. Music (Harmonics): number in time. Astronomy: number in space & time. For the Pythagoreans, number (arithmos) was not an abstract symbol or a … Continue reading Pythagoreans.