Pythagoras was the original philosopher, and is rightly seen as the father of the greatest of the ancient thinkers as his ideas and discoveries brought light and understanding to a world of darkness and ignorance.
In the late 500s BC, Pythagoras, a man who would be destined to influence and change both the ancient and modern world, was born in the Greek city of Samos(Douglass). Being raised in a wealthy family, Pythagoras grew up surrounded by different forms of education that varied from music to politics. In his adolescent years, Pythagoras took a particular interest in advanced mathematics, religion, and every school of philosophical thought(O’Connor).
“And if at length, Leaving behind thy body, thou dost come To the free Upper Air, then shalt thou be Deathless, Divine and a mortal man no more”-Pythagoras(Man, Myth...). To reach his level of knowledge and understanding, Pythagoras would have to go on a long and hard pilgrimage for the truth. After spending his adolescent years in basic learning, Pythagoras would become unsatisfied with the common man’s worldly life and would do on to try several new religions on the journey for spiritual truth. In the end, he became most attached to the Orthic Religion(Math, Myth...). Because the Orthic Religion was in great decline, even in that time period, Pythagoras hoped to one day restore the religion to its …show more content…
Pythagoras was a firm believer in the concept of human corruption and man’s sinful nature. By becoming a philosopher and searching for the truth, Pythagoras hoped to get further away from the corrupt desires of the flesh, and become closer to the gods(Man, Myth...). Pythagoras also had no fear in death because he saw death as a transformation rather than an end(Man,Myth...). This philosophical thinking would serve him well, as he would have numerous brushes with death itself over his life's
In the late 500s BC, Pythagoras, a man who would be destined to influence and change both the ancient and modern world, was born in the Greek city of Samos(Douglass). Being raised in a wealthy family, Pythagoras grew up surrounded by different forms of education that varied from music to politics. In his adolescent years, Pythagoras took a particular interest in advanced mathematics, religion, and every school of philosophical thought(O’Connor).
“And if at length, Leaving behind thy body, thou dost come To the free Upper Air, then shalt thou be Deathless, Divine and a mortal man no more”-Pythagoras(Man, Myth...). To reach his level of knowledge and understanding, Pythagoras would have to go on a long and hard pilgrimage for the truth. After spending his adolescent years in basic learning, Pythagoras would become unsatisfied with the common man’s worldly life and would do on to try several new religions on the journey for spiritual truth. In the end, he became most attached to the Orthic Religion(Math, Myth...). Because the Orthic Religion was in great decline, even in that time period, Pythagoras hoped to one day restore the religion to its …show more content…
Pythagoras was a firm believer in the concept of human corruption and man’s sinful nature. By becoming a philosopher and searching for the truth, Pythagoras hoped to get further away from the corrupt desires of the flesh, and become closer to the gods(Man, Myth...). Pythagoras also had no fear in death because he saw death as a transformation rather than an end(Man,Myth...). This philosophical thinking would serve him well, as he would have numerous brushes with death itself over his life's