[UA] Re: Pythagoreans

[Michael Sands]

> I am not sure that this is what you had in mind, but
> some have suggested that the pythagoreans were a
> mystic cult.

It's not just a rumour - they were. Pythagoras' teachings were as much
religious as mathematical.

I heard an (unsubstantiated) story that they put a member to death for
believing in the heresy of fractions...

Mike


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