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pythagorean
/ˌpɪθəˈɡɔɹiən/
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What does pythagorean mean?
noun
- A follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism.
adjective
- Pertaining to Pythagoras.
- Pertaining to the philosophy of Pythagoras.
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adjective
- Following the lifestyle advocated by the Pythagoreans; specifically, vegetarian.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɪθəˈɡɔɹiən/
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He is thinking, not of the context in Plato, but of the contemporary Pythagorean philosophers and their wordy strife.
An attempt at their further theological development is seen in the Pythagorean statement that lightnings are intended to terrify the damned in Tartarus.
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The germs of the thought were as old as the Pythagorean doctrine that the earth revolves about a centre that we cannot see.
“By the way,” he said, “what has become of Trawley? I have quite lost sight of him. He was hot on the French social systems, and talked of going to the Backwoods to found a sort of Pythagorean community. Is he gone?”
For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle.