Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and traveled, visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India, and in 520 BC returned to Samos. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, in Magna Graecia, and there established...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionMathematician
men may needs
He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.
atoms despise
Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.
men
There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
animal
Abstain from animals.
thinking done ought
Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.
men roots numbers
Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation.
should great-things
You should make great things, not promising great things.
dying probability seems
I would have to say the probability of us dying seems extremely high.
empires
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
sweet horse men
Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on the vines. There are sweet-flavored herbs, and vegetables which can be cooked and softened over the fire, nor are you denied milk or thyme-scented honey. The earth affords a lavish supply of riches, of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass.
friendship journey persevere
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
inspirational anger rage
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
bigs feels presence-of-god
It is required to find the infinitely big inside what's infinitely small to feel the presence of God.
men light order
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.