Pythagoras

Pythagoras
Bust of Pythagoras of Samos in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
Born	c. 570 BC Samos
Died	c. 495 BC (aged around 75) Metapontum
Era	Ancient philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Pythagoreanism
Main interests	Metaphysics Music Mathematics Ethics Politics
Notable ideas	Musica universalis Pythagorean tuning Pythagorean theorem
Influences Thales Anaximander Pherecydes
Influenced Philolaus Alcmaeon Parmenides Plato Euclid Empedocles Hippasus Kepler

Pythagoras of Samos (US /pɪˈθæɡərəs/;UK /paɪˈθæɡərəs/;Greek: Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος Pythagóras ho Sámios "Pythagoras the Samian", or simply Πυθαγόρας; Πυθαγόρης in Ionian Greek; c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the putative founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and travelled, visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, in Magna Graecia, and there established some kind of school or guild. In 520 BC, he returned to Samos.