Directory of Pythagoras of Samos Resources

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Pythagoras of Samos, c.560 BC - c.480 BC. Early Greek philosopher and mathematical thinker, founder of the religious Pythagorean Order, and of the broader Pythagorean school of thought. His teachings have come down to us only in fragmentary and secondhand form.

Resources in This Category

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Pythagoras

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/pythagor/
  Article which discusses the cosmological and ethical teachings associated with Pythagoras.

• MacTutor History of Mathematics

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html
  Biographical article featuring several pictures and assorted testimonia.

• Myth - Pythagoras

  http://www.stenudd.com/greekphilosophers/pythagoras.htm
  Review of Pythagoras' thoughts on cosmology and the myths. By Swedish author and historian of ideas Stefan Stenudd.

• The Wisdom of Pythagoras - Windsor Castle

  http://oaks.nvg.org/eg2ra15.html
  A series of tenets attributed to Pythagoras.

• Wikipedia: Pythagoras

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras
  Biography and works of a mathematician and philosopher.

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