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Marble bust of Pythagoras, the ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher, showing a bearded man with a head covering and calm expression.

Gnomons of Pythagorean number theory

Gnomon for Pythagorean theorem

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acousmatics tetraktys Neo-Pythagoreanism mathematikoi Table of opposites Pre-Socratic philosophy Sophist Eleaticism Ionian school

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Publius Nigidius Figulus

Roman author