Pythagoras------- “the father of numbers”
● Philosopher, Mathematician, Musician
● Religious (Believed that the universe can be understanded with numbers)
● Born on the Greek island of Samos in the eastern Aegean
● Wealthy family background
● Moved to Italy, but spent most of his time in Samos. He settled in the city of Crotone in southern Italy.
● Also interested in music and teaching
● Needs a teaching space for his followers who includes people who lives and worked at the school, or people who lived outside the school
● Married to a philosopher Theano with one son and three daughters
● Originator of vegetarianism
● lived in Egypt for around ten years
● 10 was the most complete number
● Cosmological study, referred to an idea of a clockwork order and beauty in the whole universe.
● Silence is important to him, staying quiet was a way to learn self-control
● Do not look in a mirror beside a light.
● belief system was the transmigration of the soul
● Golden ratio
● Respect for women
Taboos of Pythagoras:
To abstain from beans.
Not to pick up what has fallen.
Not to break bread.
Not to step over a crossbar.
Not to eat from whole loaf.
Not to walk on highways.
Do not look in a mirror beside a light.
don't touch the white cock.
no swallows are allowed in the room.
One must put the right shoe on first.
Contemporary relation：
● He can be a PhD of a university, with degrees like philosophy, mathematics and astronomy.As with his own strict theorem.
Life Style:
● A silence living place with strict rules
● A big family with two adults and three children.
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Reference
The editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018, Pathagoras, viewed 17 October, <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pythagoras>.
TheFamousPeople.com 2017, Pythagoras Biography, viewed 17 October, <https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/pythagoras-504.php> .
