Pythagoreanism

American  

[pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm] / pɪˌθæg əˈri əˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.

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Pythagoreanism British  

/ paɪˌθæɡəˈriːəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the teachings of Pythagoras and his followers, esp that the universe is essentially a manifestation of mathematical relationships

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Etymology

Origin of Pythagoreanism

First recorded in 1720–30; Pythagorean + -ism

Example Sentences

The second one is full of beauty of every kind, but the Pythagoreanism is in the last six lines, with Shakespeare's own view about why we cannot hear the heavenly music.

From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)

Pythagoreanism, not extinct in the first century B.C.,

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

With the further development of the number-theory Pythagoreanism becomes entirely arbitrary and without principle.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Early Pythagoreanism in S. Italy; its reappearance in last century b.c. under the influence of Posidonius, who combined Stoicism with Platonic Pythagoreanism.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

This lasted for some thirty years, but ultimately democracy gained the day, and Pythagoreanism as a political power was violently rooted out.

From A Short History of Greek Philosophy by Marshall, John