WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Pythagoras taught the belief that numbers were a guide to the interpretation of the universe. Mathematics could explain everything, including music.

Detailed explanation-2: -(1) Pythagoreanism is the philosophy of the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras (ca. 570 – ca. 490 BCE), which prescribed a highly structured way of life and espoused the doctrine of metempsychosis (transmigration of the soul after death into a new body, human or animal).

Detailed explanation-3: -As the father of western logic, Aristotle was the first to develop a formal system for reasoning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pythagoras firmly believed that music is not only mathematics and harmony but can be applied as medicine. Among the many musical instruments already available in his time, he preferred the stringed instruments and for some reason rejected the flute and cymbal.

Detailed explanation-5: -One of the most important was Pherekydes who many describe as the teacher of Pythagoras. The other two philosophers who were to influence Pythagoras, and to introduce him to mathematical ideas, were Thales and his pupil Anaximander who both lived on Miletus.