MALINI R 1181724BD036 BACHELOR OF EDUCATION SECOND YEAR MATHEMATICS MARUTHI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION MANIVIZHUNDHAN SOUTH 2024-2026 PYTHAGORUS INTRODUCTION Pythagoras of Samos ( Ancient Greek : Πυθαγόρας ; c. 570 – c. 495 BC). was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher , polymath , and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism . His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato , Aristotle , and, through them, Western philosophy . Modern scholars disagree regarding Pythagoras's education and influences, but most agree that he travelled to Croton in southern Italy around 530 BC, where he founded a school in which initiates were allegedly sworn to secrecy and lived a communal,...
