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Pythagoras of Samos

Pythagoras of Samos

Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician.  He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics, yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements.  Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some of the books which they wrote, we have nothing of Pythagoras’s writings.  The society which he led, half religious and half scientific, followed a code of secrecy which certainly means that today Pythagoras is a mysterious figure.
	We do have details of Pythagoras’s life from early biographies which use important original sources yet are written by authors who attribute divine powers to him, and whose aim was to present him as a god-like figure.  What we present below is an attempt to collect together the most reliable sources to reconstruct an account of Pythagoras’s life.  There is fairly good agreement on the main events of his life but most of the dates are disputed with different scholars giving dates which differ by 20 years.  Some historians treat all this information as merely legends, but even if the reader treats it in this way, being such an early record it is of historical importance.
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