CULT OF PYTHAGORAS | Math's Dark Little Secret

We've all had to use the Pythagorean Theorem at some point in school, but what's not taught is the the story of the man himself; Pythagoras. An Ancient Greek philosopher that led an ultra-secretive cult that performed sacrifices to their gods... that were numbers.

Sources and Further Reading:

Kahn, Charles H. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans 2001
Riedwig, Christoph. Pythagoras: His Life, Teaching, and Influence 2011

[HotdogJuice]

Correction: That is not his theorem. It was just celebrated under his name. He learned it while studying in Egypt. The system was already in use

[oleghrozman]

You can find and read more interesting information about Pythagoras & pythagoreans (Parmenides, Empedocles) in the books of Peter Kingsley ("Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic", "In the dark places of wisdom", "Reality").

[ingridfong-daley]

My music composition teacher used to say "music is just circles and sticks" (to get us over the anxiety of writing), but it strikes me as the same concept behind the 'perfection' of the number 10 or the lower letter "i"... a circle and a line, the basis for everything that can ever be created: like that old 60's animation "The Dot and the Line". Everything that exists is comprised of lines and points, is located at a point connected by distances of lines, and can be symbolically represented using nothing more than circles and sticks.

[noam]

You might think there's no basis for the bean rule, but think about it. When the dead have been buried, often after battle, the ground Bevan fertile with those nutrients. Beans are different. They take it a step further. They integrate that which was just broken down.

In that way, this is the food first recycled from that which came before.

They also believed in reincarnation.

10 is the number representing rebirth, in a base 10 system. The count cycles around, starting at 1 again.

[ian_b]

Just to note that recurring decimals etc) aren't irrational numbers. Irrational numbers aren't a ratio of any two integers and the expansion is non-repeating.

[magicjim]

Pythagoras was NOT the "founder" of the theorem. He did NOT "discover" it'

As far as history shows, his students, the Pythagoreans, were the first to have proved the theorem. It was named in his honor because of how much they revered him. It is fairly likely that other cultures (Chinese and Egyptians) knew what we now call the Pythagorean Theorem long before he lived, but no evidence that they proved it survived history.

[colinsmith]

Stumbled upon this video after hearing mention that Pythagoras had a crazy cult with a wild story. Well done video dude! You deserve more views, hope your channel takes off

[hectorsantana]

I love how they skip over how he learned all of this math in Egypt. He learned all of these secrets that they say was his in Egypt. SMH

[ryanantonellis]

Pythagoras sounds like a yogi. It’s funny how whenever someone has clear direction, principles, and explanation to why they live their lives in a certain way they’re immediately a polarizing being. Jesus, pythagoras, Buddha, osho, sadhguru, Gurdjieff. People are very threatened by these beings and quick to label them as “cult” or “fanatic” or “lunatic” “egotistical” “fascist” etc. but these same people have no aim or direction to their life. They have no magnetism

[guidedmeditation]

The more you know about sacred knowledge the less strange Pythagoras sounds. Truth is far stranger than fiction and while I don't know the reasons for the importance he put on certain numbers and beliefs. It would be pure foolishness to simply laugh at and discount them. I am here now watching this video because I believe there is wisdom hidden in numerology.

[guliancyril]

There is a famous tablet at Yale museum that shows full understanding of "Pythagoras theorem" by a student in Babylon well over 1000 years before Pythagoras even existed.

[eastafrika]

The Creator and Mother of us all is Zero as infinity that forms one, the male organ.

[boonedog]

Interesting. This is probably a stupid comment, but when shown the number "10" the thought popped into my head, not 10, but 1 0, like binary code

[jahjoeka]

Im pretty sure ancient Egyptians discovered math first. How else could they build the pyramids?

[thealeons]

Anytime we repeat things that weren't written down at the time, we know all too well that those stories are distorted. To repeat them as if they were fact doesn't carry a whole lot of weight.

[ivonsparks]

Let me get this straight; Pythagorean may have created one of the first pyramid schemes...? With his “I’ll take your property so you will get twice as much in return.”Too funny

[TheKeithlb]

Thank you! I appreciate your effort and explanations! (And humor!) 👏

[SteveMe]

The man that was thrown in the water and drowned was caught telling people outside the group the secret of incommensurability.

[autumnm.]

Super interesting. Thank you for sharing! Great video!

[readyfireaim]

The Monad is zero and it's geometric counterpart zero-dimensional space.

0D Monad is (SNF)
1D Line is (WNF)
2D Plane is (EMF)
3D Volume is (GF)