Part one of term paper
Born: about 580 BC in Samos, Ionia Died: about 500 BC in Metapontum, Lucania Pythagoras (fl. 530 BCE) must have been one of the world's greatest men, but he wrote nothing, and it is hard to say how much of the doctrine we know as Pythagorean is due to the founder of the society and how much is later development. It is also hard to say how muc ...

Part two of term paper
... there is no need to reject either of the traditional views. The union of mathematical genius and mysticism is commonly enough. Originally from Samos, Pythagoras founded at Kroton (in southern Italy) a society, which were at once a religious community and a scientific school. Such a body was bound to excite jealousy and mistrust, and we hear of many struggles. Pythagoras himself had to flee from Kroton to Metapontion, where he died. It is stated that he was a disciple of Anaximander, his astrono ...