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Which Greek philosopher argued that nature proportion and even music could be understood through geometry?

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Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy.


Subsequently, one may also ask, who believed that all universal relationships may be expressed through numbers?

Greek philosopher and mathmatician famous for his Pythagorean Theorum in geometry; he believed that all relationships in the world could be expressed in numbers.

Similarly, which of the following is cited as the greatest of the Athenian lyric poets? Homer - Homer was the most famous of the Greek epic poets. He wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Pindar - Pindar is considered the greatest of the nine lyric poets of Ancient Greece. He is most known today for his odes.

Likewise, people ask, which of the following defines the term hubris?

Hubris, Greek hybris, in ancient Athens, the intentional use of violence to humiliate or degrade. The word's connotation changed over time, and hubris came to be defined as overweening presumption that leads a person to disregard the divinely fixed limits on human action in an ordered cosmos.

Was a leading statesmen and proponent of Athenian democracy?

495–429 BCE) was a prominent Greek statesman, orator, and general during the Golden Age of Athens. The period in which he led Athens, in fact, has been called the Age of Pericles due to his influence, not only on his city's fortunes, but on the whole of Greek history during the 5th century BCE and even after his death.

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