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Single Idea 3051

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought ]

Full Idea

Pythagoras discovered the numerical relation of sounds on a string.

Gist of Idea

Pythagoras discovered the numerical relation of sounds on a string

Source

report of Pythagoras (reports [c.530 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 08.1.11

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.343

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3051 Pythagoras discovered the numerical relation of sounds on a string [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius]
1542 Diogenes of Apollonia was the last natural scientist [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Simplicius]
22733 Epicurus accepted God in his popular works, but not in his writings on nature [Epicurus, by Sext.Empiricus]
2922 All intelligent Romans were Epicureans [Nietzsche]
7500 Early Greeks cared about city and companions; later Greeks concentrated on the self [Foucault]
23392 The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden]