Pythagoras & His Weird Religious Cult
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Pythagoras is a so-called pre-socratic philosopher. This means that he is a figure that lived before Socrates, and this speaks to the importance of the latter figure more than anything else. The later self-proclaimed followers of Pythagoras came to make up a distinct group in antiquity. They were characterized by specific ideas and a particular Pythagorean way of life which might be traceable to the man himself.
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