WHAT MAKES A PYTHAGOREAN PYTHAGOREAN?

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  • John A. Fossa jfossa@oi.com.br
    PPGECNM e PPGEd- UFRN

DOI:

10.47976/RBHM2010v10n20165-172

Palabras clave:

Mathematics and Philosophy, Pythagoreanism, Theory of Proportion, Doctrine of the Divided Line

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The present paper characterizes the Pythagoreans as those thinkers that maintain that the lógos of the universe is revealed by a mathematical theory of proportion. Part of what is thereby revealed, according to the Pythagoreans, is the transmigration of the soul and the need to organize the mesocosm (society) in a manner isomorphic to the macrocosm (universe). It is also suggested that the organization of Pythagorean societies may have been the inspiration for Plato’s doctrine of the Divided Line.

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2020-10-31

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FOSSA, John A. WHAT MAKES A PYTHAGOREAN PYTHAGOREAN?. Revista Brasilera de História de la Matemática, São Paulo, vol. 10, n.º 20, p. 165–172, 2020. DOI: 10.47976/RBHM2010v10n20165-172. Disponível em: https://mail.rbhm.org.br/index.php/RBHM/article/view/142. Acesso em: 25 nov. 2024.

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