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Single Idea 3051

[from 'reports' by Pythagoras, in 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 Reference

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