THE
PHILOSOPHY OF PYTHAGORAS
| 
NAME OF THE PHILOSOPHER | 
Pythagoras | 
| 
BRANCH | 
Metaphysics | 
| 
APPROACH | 
Pythagoreanism | 
| 
PHILOSOPHY | 
1.     
  Everything in
  the universe conforms to mathematical rules and ratios.     
2.     
   So if we understand number and mathematical relationships
  we come to understand the structure of the cosmos. 
3.     
      Mathematics is the key model for philosophical
  thought. 
4.     
   Number is the ruler of forms. 
5.     
   Number is the ruler of ideas. | 
| 
GIST | 
Number is the ruler of forms. 
Number is the ruler of ideas. | 
| 
KEY WORKS | 
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| 
QUOTES | 
1.     
  “There is
  geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the
  spheres.” 
2.     
  “Reason is
  immortal, all else is mortal.” | 
 
