19 ideas
5896 | Speak the truth, for this alone deifies man [Pythagoras, by Porphyry] |
3051 | Pythagoras discovered the numerical relation of sounds on a string [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius] |
7485 | For Pythagoreans 'one' is not a number, but the foundation of numbers [Pythagoras, by Watson] |
16066 | Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus] |
436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
4741 | A very powerful computer might have its operations restricted by the addition of consciousness [Clark,T] |
3053 | Pythagoras taught that virtue is harmony, and health, and universal good, and God [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius] |
442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
5244 | For Pythagoreans, justice is simply treating all people the same [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
375 | When musical harmony and rhythm were discovered, similar features were seen in bodily movement [Pythagoras, by Plato] |
638 | Pythagoreans define timeliness, justice and marriage in terms of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
553 | Pythagoreans think mathematical principles are the principles of all of nature [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
554 | Pythagoreans say things imitate numbers, but Plato says things participate in numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
644 | For Pythagoreans the entire universe is made of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
7467 | The modern idea of an immortal soul was largely created by Pythagoras [Pythagoras, by Watson] |
443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |