Pythagoras of Samos

Conflict or Debate

“Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]” Desmond Tutu Most of us dislike conflict and will do anything to avoid the unnecessary unpleasantness of raised voices and difficult conversations. There are those among us, however, who would welcome the opportunity to engage inContinue reading “Conflict or Debate”

Sharing Knowledge

“You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.” Albert Camus Themistoclea, the sacred priestess at Delphi, and mentor of the renowned Pythagoras, did not hoard knowledge. Zeno of Elea, famous for his mind-bending paradoxes, did not hoard knowledge. Diotima of Mantinea willingly shared her ideas onContinue reading “Sharing Knowledge”

The Philosopher Who Loved Numbers

Pythagorean Theorem — or Pythagoras’ theorem: in any right-angled triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle). Wikipedia Pythagoras of Samos, the creator of oneContinue reading “The Philosopher Who Loved Numbers”