This philosopher's school in Croton believed in the transmigration of the soul, advocated silence, and practiced vegetarianism, but refrained from eating beans. According to legend, one of this man's followers, (*) Hippasus, was drowned after discovering that the square root of 2 was not a fraction.
This philosopher's school in Croton believed in the transmigration of the soul, advocated silence, and practiced vegetarianism, but refrained from eating beans. According to legend, one of this man's followers, (*) Hippasus, was drowned after discovering that the square root of 2 was not a fraction. For 10 points, name this Greek philosopher and mathematician who names a theorem relating sides of a right triangle with the formula a²+b²=c² ["a squared plus b squared equals c squared"].
This philosopher's school in Croton believed in the transmigration of the soul, advocated silence, and practiced vegetarianism, but refrained from eating beans.
Pythagoras of Samos