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Pythagoras's school at Croton

Type Event Region Europe Time c. -530–-500

In the later 6th century BCE, philosopher Pythagoras founded a school at Croton in Magna Graecia, fusing mathematics, music theory, and religious eth…

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  1. c. -530–-525Croton · CalabriaAfter traveling from Samos or Egypt, Pythagoras settled in the Magna Graecian city of Croton, attracting followers and teaching philosophy and mathematics locally.
  2. c. -525–-510Croton · CalabriaThe school was organized as a secret society, emphasizing that all is number, harmonic proportions, and metempsychosis, achieving important results in mathematics (such as the Pythagorean theorem), music, and astronomy.
  3. c. -510–-500Croton · CalabriaThe school faced opposition for intervening in Croton's politics; Pythagoras was forced to leave, and his followers scattered throughout southern Italy, where the school's ideas continued to spread and influenced later philosophers such as Plato.

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