question,do you see phythagoras as a philosopher or a mathematian,why?

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as we all know pythagoras made the pythagorean theorems and he also a philospopher thou,i just want to know if you see pythagoras as philosophe or a mathematician...which suit pythagoras...please state you point...............

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Answer 1

a mathematician, due to he flow of reason and logic in his figures and diagrams.

Answer 2

We all know that he was a very very good mathematician....
So he must be extremely good at logic....
Very good logic means, of well balanced mind....
These things, have to make a person also a very good philosopher, especially of the ancient times when society was not so chaotic, and a lopsided progress of just a specialisation in one branch of science (maths) too unlikely... Just look up history, any person famous for any subject also was good at philosophy (irrespective of whether he was famous for that also or not).. and perhaps why the modern Universities calls every peak level of specialisation as Doctor of "Philosophy" (an ideal situation, but TODAY, a rare thing, that a specialist is also a philosopher of those standards!)

Answer 3

He is both a mathematician and a philosopher for he thinks he could derive the existence of man through a mathematical formula.

Answer 4

I see him as a great mathematician because I first knew him when we studied geometry on his theorems during the high school years.

Answer 5

there's some evidence to suggest that pythagorean theorem was developed before pythagoras! he was a sophist anyways.

Answer 6

both, but a philosopher first and foremost, then a mathematician.
why? Because a person can be philosophical by nature, but mathematics has to be learnt.

Answer 7

It really depends on the individual answering this question. Me personally, I say both. Why? Simply because my brain allows me to see both sides.

Answer 8

He is more of a mathematican to me but his pursuit of the perfect haunted philosophy for centuries.