PHIL1001 Lecture 3: Philosophy 1001September 20th 2016
Philosophy 1001 September 20th 2016
Justified
True
Belief
Pythagoras:
-Was an early greek sage and religious innovator
-Went beyond these essentially religious beliefs of the master to develop philosophical,
mathematical,astronomical, and musical theories.
-The Milesians thought things were made up of water, boundless, or air; whereas, the
Pythagoreans thought that everything was made up of numbers.
-“Pythagoras became interested in mathematics for what apper to be religious reasons. His
originality consists of partly in his conviction that thee study of mathematics is the best purifier
of the soul” (P.9)
-Distinguished three different kinds of lives, and by implication the three divisions of the soul:
-Lowest class= those who go there to buy and sell, to make a profit.
-High Class= those who go there to compete, to gain honors
-Middle Class= those who go to observe, who reflect apon and analyze what is
happening.
-True discovery was that the musical intervals between notes could be expressed numerically.
-Discovered a relation between arithmetic and geometry.
-All things are numbers meant for them and that there is a numerical basis for all things
possessing shape and size.
-Their most important philosophical notion is notion of form, i.e limit.
-They added the concept of FORM to the Milesian concept of matter.
Heraclitus:
-“You cant step in the same river twice”
-Arche: fire and flux
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Was an early greek sage and religious innovator. Went beyond these essentially religious beliefs of the master to develop philosophical, mathematical,astronomical, and musical theories. The milesians thought things were made up of water, boundless, or air; whereas, the. Pythagoreans thought that everything was made up of numbers. Pythagoras became interested in mathematics for what apper to be religious reasons. His originality consists of partly in his conviction that thee study of mathematics is the best purifier of the soul (p. 9) Distinguished three different kinds of lives, and by implication the three divisions of the soul: Lowest class= those who go there to buy and sell, to make a profit. High class= those who go there to compete, to gain honors. Middle class= those who go to observe, who reflect apon and analyze what is happening. True discovery was that the musical intervals between notes could be expressed numerically.
