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pythagoras
/ˌpɪθəˈɡɔɹɑs/
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What does pythagoras mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek.
- Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.
- Ellipsis of Pythagoras' theorem.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɪθəˈɡɔɹɑs/
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I was never so berhymed since Pythagoras’ time that I was an Irish rat, which I can hardly remember.
Apocrypbal or otherwise, the tale suggests that Pythagoras was an agnostic as regards the current Greek religion of his time.
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It is said, also, that the solemnity of his exterior garb and gestures was adopted by him from the same feeling with Pythagoras.
From the days of Pythagoras down to the present time it has been a moot question whether a vegetable or meat diet was best for man.