Pythagoras · Mathematics

The Soul, the Cosmos, and the Way of Life

The other half of Pythagoras - the religious teacher who taught that the soul is immortal and reborn across bodies, that the cosmos is an ordered harmony, and that a disciplined life of study could purify the soul and attune it to the divine order.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned the religious side of Pythagoreanism: the immortal, transmigrating soul, the ordered cosmos , and the philosophical way of life. Explain how these teachings connected to the Pythagorean love of mathematics.

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