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Monty
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May-29-09, 08:39 PM (EST) |
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2. "RE: Pythagoras and Plato"
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I suppose that's true, though in Rep VII 530d, he refers to 2 forms of motion. "The eyes are framed for astronomy and the ears for the movements of harmony -- and these are in some sort kindred sciences, as the Pythagoreans affirm." Astronomy is pretty mathematical, but in those days music was not It also seems that Plato made several visits to southern Italy. Diogenes Laertius claimed he visited several Pythagoreans in Southern Italy (https://www.iep.utm.edu/p/plato.htm) and on his first visit there he mentioned that he had met two Pythagoreans (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Philolaus) Perhaps the Pythagoreans in Italy didn't remember, or at least didn't pay much attention to the famous Theorem. They were into philosopy, not math, and that might explain why Plato never knew about the Theorem.
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alexb
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May-29-09, 11:48 PM (EST) |
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3. "RE: Pythagoras and Plato"
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>I suppose that's true, though in Rep VII 530d, he refers to >2 forms of motion. "The eyes are framed for astronomy and >the ears for the movements of harmony -- and these are in >some sort kindred sciences, as the Pythagoreans affirm." >Astronomy is pretty mathematical, but in those days music >was not I would vouch that the few history books I am aware of claim that among the experiences that led Pythagoras to his philosophy was the discovery of the harmonic scale. >Perhaps the Pythagoreans in Italy didn't remember, or at >least didn't pay much attention to the famous Theorem. They >were into philosopy, not math, and that might explain why >Plato never knew about the Theorem. As a matter of fact, we do not know whether he knew or did not know it, but just that he never mentioned the theorem.
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