Who are the Pythagoreans?

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Updated: 8/21/2019

About five centuries B.C. the school founded by the Greek philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Pythagoras flourished in Samos, Greece. The Pythagoreans believed (but failed to prove) that the universe could be understood in terms of whole numbers.

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What were Pythagoras' followers called?

Pythagoras' followers were known as Pythagoreans or Pythagoreans. They were a group of individuals who embraced his teachings on mathematics, philosophy, and way of life.

Why did the discovery of root 2 upset the Pythagoreans?

If anything wasn't a whole number, the Pythagoreans would have nothing to do with it.

What did the Pythagoreans do?

He studied Math.

Was there only one Pythagoras or where there a group of people called the Pythagoreans?

Both. There was a man named Pythagoras and his followers were called the Pythagoreans. Yes, there was someone called Pythagoras, and those loyal to him were Pythagoreans, though Pythagoreans sounds more like a tribe of natives than a bunch of people who followed a man.

What were the followers of pythagoras called?

the Pythagoreans

What was the name of Pythagoras followers?

The Pythagoreans

What was the names of Pythagoras's followers?

Pythagoreans

What were Pythagoras' students called?

Pythagoreans

The Pythagoreans masculine marriage number?

What is echemythia?

a vowed silence. it was practiced by pythagoreans

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