Pythagoreanism: System of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
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.
They thought the world was made of numbers, and that various integers had distinct sacred meanings in their numerology.
Later resurgence of ideas similar to those held by the early Pythagoreans are collected under the term Neopythagoreanism.
Pythagorean symbols
- Monad
- Dyad
- Triad
- Tetrad
- Pentad
- Decad
- Tetractys
- Vesica piscis
References
This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Pythagoreanism, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.