20 ideas
5896 | Speak the truth, for this alone deifies man [Pythagoras, by Porphyry] |
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
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] |
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
3053 | Pythagoras taught that virtue is harmony, and health, and universal good, and God [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
7896 | The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7897 | The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
5244 | For Pythagoreans, justice is simply treating all people the same [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
644 | For Pythagoreans the entire universe is made of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle] |
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] |
375 | When musical harmony and rhythm were discovered, similar features were seen in bodily movement [Pythagoras, by Plato] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |
7467 | The modern idea of an immortal soul was largely created by Pythagoras [Pythagoras, by Watson] |