Pythagoreanism

[ pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm ]

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noun

the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.

Pythagoreanism

/ paɪˌθæɡəˈriːəˌnɪzəm /

the teachings of Pythagoras and his followers, esp that the universe is essentially a manifestation of mathematical relationships

First recorded in 1720–30; Pythagorean + -ism

But he is not prevented by Pythagoreanism from observing the effects which climate and soil exercise on the characters of nations.

With the further development of the number-theory Pythagoreanism becomes entirely arbitrary and without principle.

(b) Epicharmus (in trochaic tetrameters), dealing with Pythagoreanism in the department of physics.

Old Burton will rise from his grave, if there be any virtue in Pythagoreanism, to anatomize these poems.

Neo-Pythagoreanism was a curious attempt to found a religion which would satisfy both the critical spirit and the people.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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