Pythagoras Research Paper

No other field of study had a bigger impact in changing the course of history as mathematics. With the contributions of early mathematicians, many of our modern technology wouldn't be possible. Unfortunately, most mathematicians get little recognition in their contributions. One of these people is known by the name of Pythagoras. Pythagoras was born on the island of Samos, Greece around 570 BC. He was born to the merchant, Mnesarchus and Pythias. Pythagoras spent his early childhood years traveling with his father to different places. He grew up to be well educated and taught. He grew up to be well educated and taught under the influence of Thales, Pherekydes, and Anaximander. Pythagoras studied in Egypt where he learned about astronomy.

He became a priest where he took part in several discussions with the Egyptian priests. During his time in Egypt, he pursued his education and specialized in geometry and mathematics. In 525 BC, Pythagoras was imprisoned and was taken to Babylon when Cambyses II, king of Persia, invaded Egypt. Upon attaining his freedom, he left Babylon in 520 BC and he returned to Samos. He went to Crete to study the system of laws. He returned to Samos, shortly after that he established a school named the “Semicircle.” In 518 BC, Pythagoras left Samos again for Southern Italy. In Croton he founded a religious school and had several followers who adopted his philosophical principles. He had an inner circle of followers known as the

He made several contributions to science and religion. Pythagoras’ teachings were centered on the doctrine of metempsychosis. He believed that a person’s soul does not die and is destined to a cycle of rebirths. The soul is freed from the cycle of births only through the purity of its life. His doctrine later came to be known as “Pythagoreanism,” which emphasized on esoteric and metaphysical ideologies. Proverbs 4:7 says, “Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” Wisdom is the greatest possession anyone can have; Pythagoras obtained it. One of Pythagoras’ quotations which I found interesting is “There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.” People do not know for certain how Pythagoras died, but according to certain historical accounts, he had been killed by an angry mob, or has been caught up in a war between the Arigentum and the Syracusans, and was killed by the Syracusans. Others said that he had been burned out of his school in Croton and fled to Metapontum, where he starved himself to