Pythagoreanism
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Pythagoreanism is an ancient Greek philosophical and religious movement founded by Pythagoras, emphasizing the mystical significance of numbers, the harmony of the cosmos, and the transmigration of souls.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pythagoreanism canonical | 30 |
| Pythagorean school | 8 |
| Pythagoreans | 4 |
| Neopythagoreanism | 2 |
| Pythagorean brotherhood | 1 |
| Pythagorean cosmology | 1 |
| Pythagorean ethics | 1 |
| Pythagorean tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Pythagoreanism Context triple: [Classical Greek philosophy, hasSchool, Pythagoreanism]
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Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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Epicureanism
Epicureanism is an ancient Greek philosophical school founded by Epicurus that teaches that the highest good is a life of modest pleasure, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
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Aristotelianism
Aristotelianism is the philosophical tradition based on the works and methods of Aristotle, emphasizing empirical observation, formal logic, and systematic inquiry into nature, ethics, and metaphysics.
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Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
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Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Pythagoreanism Target entity description: Pythagoreanism is an ancient Greek philosophical and religious movement founded by Pythagoras, emphasizing the mystical significance of numbers, the harmony of the cosmos, and the transmigration of souls.
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A.
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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B.
Epicureanism
Epicureanism is an ancient Greek philosophical school founded by Epicurus that teaches that the highest good is a life of modest pleasure, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
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C.
Aristotelianism
Aristotelianism is the philosophical tradition based on the works and methods of Aristotle, emphasizing empirical observation, formal logic, and systematic inquiry into nature, ethics, and metaphysics.
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D.
Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
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E.
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophy school
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philosophical movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pythagorean harmony of the spheres
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Pythagorean table of opposites ⓘ Pythagorean theorem ⓘ Pythagorean tuning ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
cosmic harmony
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immortality of the soul ⓘ metempsychosis ⓘ numerical structure of reality ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
harmony of the cosmos
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mystical significance of numbers ⓘ transmigration of souls ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pythagoras ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
cosmic order
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harmony of the spheres ⓘ musical ratios ⓘ table of opposites ⓘ tetractys ⓘ |
| hasDoctrine |
mathematical study as spiritual exercise
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prohibition of eating beans ⓘ rules of communal living ⓘ strict dietary restrictions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Neoplatonism
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Pythagoreanism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Neopythagoreanism
Platonism ⓘ Western esotericism ⓘ ancient Greek cosmology ⓘ ancient Greek mathematics ⓘ ancient Greek music theory ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| originatedInCity | Croton ⓘ |
| originatedInRegion | Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
cosmology
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ethics ⓘ mathematical philosophy ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Pythagoreanism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pythagoreans
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| religiousAspect |
initiation
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secret rites ⓘ veneration of Pythagoras ⓘ |
| teaches |
all things are numbers
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ascetic lifestyle ⓘ ethical purification ⓘ the soul is divine ⓘ the soul is imprisoned in the body ⓘ |
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Subject: Pythagoreanism Description of subject: Pythagoreanism is an ancient Greek philosophical and religious movement founded by Pythagoras, emphasizing the mystical significance of numbers, the harmony of the cosmos, and the transmigration of souls.
Referenced by (48)
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