17 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] |
3053 | Pythagoras taught that virtue is harmony, and health, and universal good, and God [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius] |
5244 | For Pythagoreans, justice is simply treating all people the same [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
24073 | Capitalists use their exceptional power to impose their own rules, and make the state their ally [Davies,W] |
24070 | Economies have material, economic and capitalist layers [Davies,W] |
24074 | Capitalism must mainly rely either on the labour market, or on the financial markets [Davies,W] |
24072 | Capitalism is the anti-market, with opacity, monopolies, powers, exceptional profits and wealth [Davies,W] |
24071 | Markets are transparent, with known prices and activity, and minimal profits [Davies,W] |
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] |
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] |
1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus] |
7467 | The modern idea of an immortal soul was largely created by Pythagoras [Pythagoras, by Watson] |