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Pythagoras And His Followers Believed That The Soul Pythagorean's
860 wordsPythagoras must have been one of the world's greatest men. However, he wrote nothing and it is unknown how much of the doctrine of Pythagoras is due to the founder of society and how much is later development. Sometimes he is represented as a man of science, a mathematician, and even as a preacher of mystical doctrines. None of these traditional views, however, should be rejected, for he contributed his genius in each field. Pythagoras lived from about 569 BC to about 475 BC. His father was Mnes...
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Octave Johnston 1989 Based On Pythagorean Music
1,360 words"Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements... Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best government in the universe. As a rule it assumes the guise of harmony in the universe, of lawful government in a state, and of a sensible way of life in the home. It brings together and unites. " The Pythagorean's Every school student will recognize his name as the originator of that theorem which offers ...
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Octave Johnston 1989 Based On Pythagorean Musical
1,354 wordsMusic is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best government in the universe. As a rule it assumes the guise of harmony in the universe, of lawful government in a state, and of a sensible way of life in the home. It brings together and unites. The Pythagorean's. Every school student will recognize his name as the originator of that theorem which offers many ...
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Gods And Goddesses City Of Troy
1,292 wordsThe Trojan War The Trojan War took place in approximately the 13 th century. The ancient Greeks defeated the City of Troy. The Trojan War started after an incident at the wedding feast of Peleus, the king of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea goddess. All the gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus had been invited except Eris, the goddess of discord. Eris was offended and tried to stir up trouble among the guests at the feast. She sent a golden apple inscribed? For the most beautiful. ? Hera, Athena, and Ap...
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One Of The First Pythagorean Theorem
411 wordsPythagoras was a Pythagoras Pythagoras Pythagoras was a very significant person in the history of the world. He made many contributions to the fields of math, music, and astronomy. Pythagoras teachings and beliefs that were once taught by him in his own school in ancient Greece, are still taught today. The thing that Pythagoras is probably the most famous for is the Pythagorean Theorem. The Pythagorean Theorem is used in the field of mathematics and it states the following: the square of the hyp...
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Honor Of His Discovery Trigonometry Trigonometry Theorem
540 wordsTrigonometry uses the Trigonometry Trigonometry Trigonometry uses the fact that ratios of pairs of sides of triangles are functions of the angles. The basis for mensuration of triangles is the right- angled triangle. The term trigonometry means literally the measurement of triangles. Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that developed from simple measurements. A theorem is the most important result in all of elementary mathematics. It was the motivation for a wealth of advanced mathematics, s...
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Pythagorean Theorem Straight Line
1,404 wordsCycloids, Brachistochrones, And Other Archaic Words Essay, Cycloids, Brachistochrones, And Other Archaic Words This didnt get a very good grade but it works to help set it up. Cycloids, Brachistochrones, and other Archaic Words Introduction: Everyone with a decent math background knows that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. Intuitively, many would think that it would also be the path taken that took the shortest amount of time. We will show that the time that it takes ...
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Pythagorean Theorem Geometric Shapes
491 wordsGeometry was actually first used in ancient Egypt and Babylon at around 2000 BC in both cases. In order for the Egyptians to build such massive structures as the pyramids they had to have made plans for them prior to the actually building, in these plans geometry had to be used. On ancient Babylonian tablets there is evidence that they understood the Pythagorean theorem. The so-called father of Geometry is Euclid a Greek mathematician. He wrote The Elements, books of postulates and theorems, whi...
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Human Soul B C
495 wordsThe Pythagorean theory is probably more widely known than any other complex mathematical idea. The theorem was first used by the Eygptians, butter had no mathematical proof that the idea was correct. Pythagoras is credited with being the first to prove the theorem. The Pythagorean theorem, which is important in all technology, proved that the sum of the squares on the short two sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. (A right triangle has one angle of 90 degrees. ) Py...
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Pythagorean Theorem World Book
269 wordsIn 580 B. C. there lived a man who is know for creating one the best known theorems ever. His name was Pythagoras and the theorem, the Pythagorean Theorem. This Theorem states that the sum of the squares of the two legs of a right triangle equals the hypotenuse squared. This theorem as you can see can be very useful for finding the lengths of a right triangle. Now over the last two millennium there have been many proofs for this theorem, in fact hundreds. One of the most the famous proofs of the...
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Pythagorean Theorem Prime Minister
792 wordsMy name is Pythagoras of Samos. I believe I should win the fabulous two-week cruise on the incomparable Argo because I dedicated my life to educating and caring for the future generations. I risked my life to share my knowledge with anyone who wanted to learn. I was born on the island of Samos, but lived most of my life in Croton, Italy. When I was a young man, I traveled to many different places to observe the different lifestyles and cultures. Some of the countries I visited were India, Egypt,...
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Southern Italy 20 Years
3,095 wordsPythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some of the books which they wrote, we have nothing of Pythagoras writings. The society which he led, half religious and half scientific, followed a code of secrecy which certainly means that today Pythagoras is a mysterious fig...
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Octave Quot Johnston Quot Ferrara 1991 Musical
1,385 wordsPythagorean Philosophy And Its Influence On Musical Pythagorean Philosophy And Its Influence On Musical Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics. New York: Dover Publications Ferrara, Lawrence (1991). Philosophy and the Analysis of Music. New York: Greenwood Press. Johnston, Ian (1989). Measured Tones. New York: IOP Publishing. Rowell, Lewis (1983). Thinking About Music. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press. " Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, ...
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X And Y Pythagorean Theorem
639 wordsCalculus can be used to solve many problems. Probably the most important is solving real-life problems or situations. An example of this type of problem is a related rates problem. A related rates problem is a problem which involves at least two changing quantities and asks you to figure out the rate at which one is changing given sufficient information on all of the others. There are several key steps in setting up and solving related rates problems. Some important and helpful things to do are ...
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