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- Pythagorean comma [r]: a microtonal musical interval, named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras. [e]
- Pythagorean cup [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pythagorean theorem [r]: In a right triangle, the squared length of the side opposite the right angle is equal to the sum of the squared lengths of the two other sides. [e]
- Lute of Pythagoras [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pythagoras tree [r]: Add brief definition or description
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- Number [r]: One of the fundamental concepts of mathematics, used for such purposes as counting, ordering, and measuring. [e]
- Sacred geometry [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thales [r]: (fl. 6th century B.C.) Greek philosopoher sometimes considered the founder of modern philosophy and astronomy; important chiefly because he sought for a natural explanation of phenomena rather than a mythical or religious explanation. [e]
- Anaximander [r]: (fl. early 6th c. BC) A Greek philosopher who held that the primary principal of the world consisted of a boundless, non-material entity which underlay the world and its various changes. [e]
- Anaximenes [r]: (6th c. BC) Greek philosopher who sought to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of the various manifestations of a single element and thus became the first to attempt to explain qualitative differences in terms of quantitative ones. [e]
- Heraclitus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Parmenides [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zeno of Elea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Empedocles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anaxagoras [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ancient Atomists [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Leucippus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Democritus [r]: (c. 494 - c. 404 BC) Greek natural philosopher who promulgated the atomic theory, which asserted that the universe is composed of two elements: the atoms and the void in which they exist and move. [e]
- Hippasus [r]: Add brief definition or description
