Pythagoras
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Pythagoras was an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician best known for founding the Pythagorean school and for the Pythagorean theorem in geometry.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
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| Pythagoras of Samos | 0 | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosopher
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human → mathematician → religious leader → |
| associatedWith |
Pythagorean theorem
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Pythagorean triples → |
| birthDate | c. 570 BCE → |
| birthPlace |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form: "Ancient Greece"
Ionia → Samos →
surface form: "Island of Samos"
Samos → |
| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form: "Ancient Greece"
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| deathDate | c. 495 BCE → |
| deathPlace |
Magna Graecia
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Metapontum → |
| era |
Ancient philosophy
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Presocratic period → |
| ethnicGroup |
Greeks
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surface form: "Greek"
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| fieldOfWork |
geometry
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mathematics → music theory → number theory → philosophy → |
| founded |
Pythagoreanism
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surface form: "Pythagorean school"
religious–philosophical community at Croton → |
| influenced |
Aristotle
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Pythagoreanism →
surface form: "Neopythagoreanism"
Plato → Western mathematics → Western philosophy → |
| knownFor |
Pythagorean theorem
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Pythagoreanism → belief in transmigration of souls → doctrine that reality is mathematical in nature → founding the Pythagorean school → influencing Plato → |
| movement | Pythagoreanism → |
| name | Pythagoras self-link → |
| notableIdea |
all things are numbers
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harmony of the spheres → mathematical structure of musical intervals → metempsychosis → |
| occupation |
mathematician
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philosopher → religious teacher → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Presocratic philosophers
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surface form: "Presocratic philosophy"
Pythagoreanism → |
| residence |
Croton
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Metapontum → Samos → |
Referenced by (13)
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this entity surface form: "Pythagoras of Samos"
this entity surface form: "Pythagoras of Samos"