Tusculan Disputations · Character
Pythagoras
Pre-Socratic philosopher and mathematician; known for theory of transmigration.
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Also known as Pythagoras
First appearance: tusculan disputations
Pythagoras shows up with force in Book IV: On Other Perturbations of the Mind. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Listed among great philosophers whose studies are improperly labeled as lust.
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