Few figures in history have left as profound an imprint on Western thought as Pythagoras. More than just a mathematician, he was a philosopher, mystic, and spiritual teacher whose ideas transcended disciplines.
I much prefer the Aristotelian view wherein numbers are accidental properties of matter. And numbers beg the question of identity as in 3 what? Kinds. Intellectual abstraction literally. And numerology is still popular in some cults. Plato seemed to have a significantly more integrated spiritual view.
A lot of the ideas Plato espoused came from Pythagorean teachings. It is unfortunate indeed that none of Pythagoras' writings endure. If I were to make an educated guess they would resemble very closely the Hermetic writings attributes to Hermes Trismegistus.
Pythagoras and the Tetractys specifically have greatly influenced my work, he was such a brilliant mind. I recommend the “Pythagorean source book and library” highly
I much prefer the Aristotelian view wherein numbers are accidental properties of matter. And numbers beg the question of identity as in 3 what? Kinds. Intellectual abstraction literally. And numerology is still popular in some cults. Plato seemed to have a significantly more integrated spiritual view.
A lot of the ideas Plato espoused came from Pythagorean teachings. It is unfortunate indeed that none of Pythagoras' writings endure. If I were to make an educated guess they would resemble very closely the Hermetic writings attributes to Hermes Trismegistus.
Pythagoras and the Tetractys specifically have greatly influenced my work, he was such a brilliant mind. I recommend the “Pythagorean source book and library” highly
I own that very book!