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His followers became involved in Croton's politics. Others did not like it and they burned down his meeting places.
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Pythagoras also studied astronomy. He thought the earth was at the center of the universe.
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his religigious sect believed in Metempsychosis.They believed their souls would transfer into other bodies of humans or animals when they died. He said that he heard the voice of a dead friend in the barking of a dog.
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On Croton Pythagoras started a religious sect. It was called Pythagoreaism.
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He and his followers came up with the design of Tetractys. These are mystical symbols that are triangles with four rows.
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Pythagoras discovered that musical notes could be changed into mathematical equations. He discovered this by listening to blacksmiths at work.
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In 530 BC he moved to Croton. Croton was a Greek colony.
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One of his teachers that he learned a lot from was Themistodlea. He learned the principles of Ethics.
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As a young man Pythagoras travelled a lot. He visited Egypt and other countries.
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Pythagoras was born in 570 BC. He was born on the Island of Samos.
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It is said that Pythagoras learned Geomety from the Egyptians. He learned arithmetic from the Phoenicians.
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Pythagoras came up with the Pythagorean Theory. It says that the two sums of the areas of the two squares on the legs of a triangle equal the area of the square on the hypotenuse.
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Pythagoras did in 495 BC. It is said he starved himself to death.
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Pythagoras set up schools. They were set up like a monastery where the followers worked and taught together.
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After he died Pythagoras's teachings were studied by many great thinkers. Plato and Aristotle both studied his teachings.
