Pythagorean
- of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- a follower of Pythagoras.
Origin of Pythagorean
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Contemporary Examples of pythagorean
Hence the entirety of "No One Else," a tune that is borderline Pythagorean in its balance and proportion.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th AnniversaryAndrew Romano
May 10, 2014
Historical Examples of pythagorean
The old Pythagorean fancy that the soul 'is or has in it harmony' may in some degree be realized.
TheaetetusPlato
Is the Pythagorean image of the harmony, or that of the monad, the truer expression?
PhaedoPlato
It is possible that the Pythagorean and Platonic doctrine may still have a future.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
The Pythagorean contributions to geometry were even more remarkable.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
We may also take it that he was familiar with all sorts of Orphic and Pythagorean sectaries.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Pythagorean
- of or relating to Pythagoras
- denoting the diatonic scale of eight notes arrived at by Pythagoras and based on a succession of fifths
- a follower of Pythagoras
Word Origin and History for pythagorean
Pythagorean
1540s, from Latin Pythagoreus "of or pertaining to Pythagoras," Greek philosopher of Samos (6c. B.C.E.), whose teachings included transmigration of the soul and vegetarianism (these are some of the commonest early allusions in English). The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th of the first book of Euclid.