Pythagoras

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ancient Greek philosopher human mathematician religious leader

Pythagoras was an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician best known for founding the Pythagorean school and for the Pythagorean theorem in geometry.

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Pythagoras canonical	31
Pythagoras of Samos	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
associatedWith	Pythagorean theorem ⓘ Pythagorean triples ⓘ
birthDate	c. 570 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Ionia ⓘ Samos ⓘ surface form: Island of Samos Samos ⓘ
citizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
deathDate	c. 495 BCE ⓘ
deathPlace	Magna Graecia ⓘ Metapontum ⓘ
era	Ancient philosophy ⓘ Presocratic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greeks ⓘ surface form: Greek
fieldOfWork	geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ music theory ⓘ number theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
founded	Pythagoreanism ⓘ surface form: Pythagorean school religious–philosophical community at Croton ⓘ
influenced	Aristotle ⓘ Pythagoreanism ⓘ surface form: Neopythagoreanism Plato ⓘ Western mathematics ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ
knownFor	Pythagorean theorem ⓘ 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 ⓘ harmony of the spheres ⓘ mathematical structure of musical intervals ⓘ metempsychosis ⓘ
occupation	mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ religious teacher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Presocratic philosophers ⓘ surface form: Presocratic philosophy Pythagoreanism ⓘ
residence	Croton ⓘ Metapontum ⓘ Samos ⓘ

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