Pythagoreans

Aesara of Lucania was a late Pythagorean philosopher. Only a fragment of her book on human nature exists but it shows an intuitive natural law theory and a belief in the tripartite nature of the human soul. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aesara"

Damo (c. 535 BCE - 475 BCE) was the daughter of Pythagoras and Theano. She studied, and later taught, at the Pythagorean School at Croton. When the school closed, she sought refuge in Athens where, with the help of Thymaridas and Philolaus, she published her father's treatises on geometry. She is cited by Geminus, Iamblichus and Diogenes Laertius. ...more on Wikipedia about "Damo"

Hippasus of Metapontum, born circa 500 B.C. in Magna Graecia, was a Greek philosopher. He is the disciple of Pythagoras to whom is attributed the discovery that the square root of 2 is irrational. After the number was revealed to be irrational, the Pythagoreans killed Hippasus, not wishing to believe this fundamental number could fail to be a ratio of integers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hippasus"

Nicomachus (c. 60-c. 120) was born in Gerasa, Roman Syria (now Jerash, Jordan). He was a mathematician who wrote about numbers and music. He is best known for his work Introduction to Arithmetic (Arithmetike eisagoge) in Greek, which, among other things, covers perfect numbers. He was a Pythagorean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nicomachus"

Ocellus Lucanus, a Pythagorean philosopher, born in Lucania in the 5th century BC, perhaps a pupil of Pythagoras himself. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ocellus Lucanus"

Pythagoras (approximately 569 BC – 475 BC, Greek: ...more on Wikipedia about "Pythagoras"

Pythagoreanism is a term used for the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were much influenced by mathematics and probably a main inspiration source to Plato and platonism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pythagoreanism"

Timaeus of Locri (called Timaeus Locrus in Latin, Timée de Locres in French) was a Pythagorean philosopher living in the 5th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Timaeus of Locri"

Timycha was a member of a group 4th century B.C.E. Pythagorean philosophers who were attacked by Sicily soliders. Although they had the option of running through a field of beans to escape, they would not, as this was a taboo to them. Instead they fought and died, with the exception of the pregnant Timycha and her husband, who were captured. The tyrant of Sicily questioned her as to the reason for this taboo, but she refused to answer, instead, she bit off her tongue and spat it at his feet in a gesture of defiance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Timycha"

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