Pythagoras The Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos is responsible of great advances in the study of astronomy, mathematics and the theory of music. A tyrant ruled Samos at the time and Pythagoras fled to southern Italy at about 532 BC. In Croton, Pythagoras founded a religious school that also specialized in philosophy. Pythagoras's school made outstanding advances and contributions to the study of mathematics. His school was very private and secretive which made it hard for …
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…music, mathematics and astronomy he found that all thing were consisted of numbers and these numbers were the actually matter in which things were composed. He regarded unity and limit as the substances that form the basic elements of everything and through music he found that units posses magnitude. Pythagoras was a brilliant philosopher that helped the world and generations after him understand a theorem that was a mystery until he unlocked it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**