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Nov 2022
23m 2s

Pythagoras & His Weird Religious Cult

FILIP HOLM
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In this episode, we explore the life and movement of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, and discover that the common image of him as an ancient mathematician isn't entirely supported by the evidence.


Sources/Suggested Reading:

  • Huffman, Carl A. (2008). "Philolaus of Croton: A Commentary on the Fragments and Testimonia with Interprative Essays". Cambridge University Press.
  • Huffman, Carl A. (ed.) (2017). "A History of Pythagoreanism". Cambridge University Press.
  • Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven & M. Schofield (1983). "The Presocratic Philosophers". Second Edition. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zhmud, Leonid (2012). "Pythagoras and the Early Pythagoreans". Translated by Kevin Windle & Rosh Ireland. OUP Oxford.




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