What is Pythagoreanism?
[[Image:Kapitolinischer Pythagoras.jpg|160px|thumb|Bust of [[Pythagoras]]]] '''Pythagoreanism''' is a term used for the [[esoteric]] and [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] beliefs held by [[Pythagoras]] and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were much influenced by [[mathematics]]. They thought the world was made of numbers, and that various [[integer]]<nowiki/>s had distinct sacred meanings in their [[numerology]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://classicalwisdom.com/cult-of-pythagoras/|title=The Cult Of Pythagoras|date=2014-07-21|newspaper=Classical Wisdom Weekly|access-date=2018-01-21|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115010437/http://classicalwisdom.com/cult-of-pythagoras/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later resurgence of ideas similar to those held by the early Pythagoreans are collected under the term [[Neopythagoreanism]]. ==Pythagorean symbols== *[[Monad (symbol)|Monad]] *[[Dyad (symbol)|Dyad]] *[[Triad (symbol)|Triad]] *[[Tetrad (symbol)|Tetrad]] *[[Pentad]] *[[Decad]] * [[Tetractys]] * [[Vesica piscis]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Philosophical movements and positions]] {{stub}} {{Philosophy topics}}