Ideas of Eurytus, by Theme

[Greek, 450 - 390 BCE, Born at Croton, in southern Italy. Was taught by the Pythagorean Philolaus.]

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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 1. Biology

651	Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles
	Full Idea: Eurytus assigned numbers to things by taking some pebbles and using them to create likeness of the shapes of living things, such as a man or a horse.
	From: report of Eurytus (fragments/reports [c.400 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1092b
	A reaction: Pythagorean. Digitising reality.