pythagorean

Speech parts

1. pythagorean - Noun

2. pythagorean - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy.

A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras.

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Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical. Vanna Bonta

Someone like myself, who claimed to be a real madman, living and organized with a Pythagorean precision.. Salvador Dalí

In the Pythagorean system, thinking about numbers, or doing mathematics, was an inherently masculine task. Mathematics was associated with the gods, and with transcendence from the material world; women, by their nature, were supposedly rooted in this latter, baser realm. Margaret Wertheim

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! Shaquille O'Neal

That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore. Shaquille O'Neal

With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway about the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved. Bertrand Russell

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