PHI 2380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hypotenuse, Pythagorean Theorem
29 Jan 2015
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9. 12 attributes these views to the egyptians. Logically supports vegetarianism (because that animal you"re eating could be your family member or friend: but they ignore the souls of plants basically only milk and honey wouldn"t have a reincarnated soul. 2 types of pythagoreans: akousmatikoi pythagoreans who following the practical teachings of pythagoras, mathematikoi the study of pythagorean mathematics (more theoretical pursuits what is learned, why mathema became mathematics they saw numbers as important. Why: numbers as divine, more focus on structure than (as the milesians) matter (the stuff out of which things are made, this structure is expressed numerically. P. 101 [9. 27] 2 principles (the milesians only posited 1 principle) The unlimited & the limited are the substance of what they are predicated of (this is why the number is the substance of all things) Music is sound unlimited range of sound (not by itself music) becomes music by assigning numerical ratios. Everything is made up of these 2 principles.
