Pythagoreanism
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Pythagoreanism is an ancient Greek philosophical and religious movement founded by Pythagoras, emphasizing the mystical significance of numbers, the harmony of the cosmos, and the transmigration of souls.
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophy school
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philosophical movement → religious movement → |
| associatedWith |
Pythagorean harmony of the spheres
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Pythagorean table of opposites → Pythagorean theorem → Pythagorean tuning → |
| coreBelief |
cosmic harmony
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immortality of the soul → metempsychosis → numerical structure of reality → reincarnation → |
| emphasizes |
harmony of the cosmos
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mystical significance of numbers → transmigration of souls → |
| foundedBy |
Pythagoras
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| hasConcept |
cosmic order
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harmony of the spheres → musical ratios → table of opposites → tetractys → |
| hasDoctrine |
mathematical study as spiritual exercise
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prohibition of eating beans → rules of communal living → strict dietary restrictions → |
| historicalPeriod |
6th century BCE
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| influenced |
Neoplatonism
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Neopythagoreanism → Platonism → Western esotericism → ancient Greek cosmology → ancient Greek mathematics → ancient Greek music theory → |
| originatedIn |
Ancient Greece
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| originatedInCity |
Croton
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| originatedInRegion |
Magna Graecia
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
cosmology
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ethics → mathematical philosophy → metaphysics → |
| practicedBy |
Pythagoreans
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| religiousAspect |
initiation
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secret rites → veneration of Pythagoras → |
| teaches |
all things are numbers
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ascetic lifestyle → ethical purification → the soul is divine → the soul is imprisoned in the body → |
Referenced by (24)
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Academy of Athens (ancient)
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Democritus ("Pythagoreans") → Eleatic school → Harmonices Mundi → Neoplatonism → Platonism → Plotinus → |
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Archytas
("Pythagorean school")
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Croton → Pythagoras → Simmias of Thebes → |
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Orphic Mysteries
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Pythagoras ("Neopythagoreanism") → Pythagoreanism ("Neopythagoreanism") → |
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Simmias of Thebes
("Pythagoreans")
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Archytas
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Pythagoras
("Pythagorean school")
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founded |
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Classical Greek philosophy
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Presocratic philosophers
("Pythagorean school")
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Croton
("Pythagorean brotherhood")
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Pythagoras
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Pythagoras
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movement |
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Pythagoreanism
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