pythagoreanism
Noun
Meaning
The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans.
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Examples
However Xenophon does not mention Socrates as believing in reincarnation and Plato may have systematised Socrates' thought with concepts he took directly from Pythagoreanism or Orphism.
Pythagoreanism The practical side of philosophy was introduced by Pythagoras of Samos (582-496 BCE).
Similarly, one of the two main schools of thought in Pythagoreanism was known as the mathēmatikoi (μαθηματικοί) - which at the time meant "teachers" rather than "mathematicians" in the modern sense.