Pythagoreanism

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ancient Greek philosophy school philosophical movement religious movement

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Pythagoreanism canonical	30
Pythagorean school	8
Pythagoreans	4
Neopythagoreanism	2
Pythagorean brotherhood	1
Pythagorean cosmology	1
Pythagorean ethics	1
Pythagorean tradition	1

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instanceOf	ancient Greek philosophy school ⓘ philosophical movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
associatedWith	Pythagorean harmony of the spheres ⓘ Pythagorean table of opposites ⓘ Pythagorean theorem ⓘ Pythagorean tuning ⓘ
coreBelief	cosmic harmony ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ metempsychosis ⓘ numerical structure of reality ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ
emphasizes	harmony of the cosmos ⓘ mystical significance of numbers ⓘ transmigration of souls ⓘ
foundedBy	Pythagoras ⓘ
hasConcept	cosmic order ⓘ harmony of the spheres ⓘ musical ratios ⓘ table of opposites ⓘ tetractys ⓘ
hasDoctrine	mathematical study as spiritual exercise ⓘ prohibition of eating beans ⓘ rules of communal living ⓘ strict dietary restrictions ⓘ
historicalPeriod	6th century BCE ⓘ
influenced	Neoplatonism ⓘ Pythagoreanism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neopythagoreanism Platonism ⓘ Western esotericism ⓘ ancient Greek cosmology ⓘ ancient Greek mathematics ⓘ ancient Greek music theory ⓘ
originatedIn	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
originatedInCity	Croton ⓘ
originatedInRegion	Magna Graecia ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	cosmology ⓘ ethics ⓘ mathematical philosophy ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ
practicedBy	Pythagoreanism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pythagoreans
religiousAspect	initiation ⓘ secret rites ⓘ veneration of Pythagoras ⓘ
teaches	all things are numbers ⓘ ascetic lifestyle ⓘ ethical purification ⓘ the soul is divine ⓘ the soul is imprisoned in the body ⓘ

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