Pythagoras
Archetype: Rationalist of Meaning
c. 570 BC to 495 BC · Croton, Magna Graecia (southern Italy)
“All is number.”
Do you think like Pythagoras? Answer 44 to 132 statements and find out who, among 130 thinkers, has the way of thinking closest to yours.
Who was Pythagoras
Born on the island of Samos, Pythagoras founded a community in Croton that mixed philosophy, mathematics and a religious way of life. His followers believed that numbers reveal the order of the universe and that the soul passes from one body to another. Almost nothing he wrote survives, but his influence reached Plato and modern science.
Core ideas
- Reality has a mathematical structure and can be understood through numbers
- The soul is immortal and is reborn in other bodies, including animals
- Philosophy is a way of life that purifies the soul through discipline and study
The tradition: Pythagorean
A Pythagorean follows the school founded by Pythagoras, which joined mathematics, music and spirituality. He is the founder and model of this tradition of seeking harmony.
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Books by Pythagoras
Three ways in. Start with the first.
Where Pythagoras stands on the 11 axes
Each axis runs from the first pole (−1) to the second (+1). These are the positions the test compares with your answers.
