Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and traveled, visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India, and in 520 BC returned to Samos. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, in Magna Graecia, and there established...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionMathematician
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The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear
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Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like.
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Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?
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Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.
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A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.
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Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
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Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.
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Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
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Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.
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Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.
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So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.
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Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.