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THE PHILOSOPHER WHO STARTED A CULT

Sisyphus 55 | December 31, 2025



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Sources
10 Strange Facts about Pythagoras: https://listverse.com/2017/04/26/10-strange-facts-about-pythagoras-mathematician-and-cult-leader/#:~:text=10%20Pythagoras%20Led%20A%20Cult%20That%20Worshiped%20Numbers&text=Numbers%2C%20Pythagoras%20believed%2C%20were%20the,were%20sacred%E2%80%94almost%20like%20gods.
Stanford Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pythagoras/

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  7. @The_Wonder_of_U_Main

    December 31, 2025 at 1:08 am

    Okay so like in all fairness, If my friend tried to sit there and explain to me about Irrational Numbers, I too would would grab him and drown him. Not because I don't think irrational numbers aren't real, but mainly FUCK LEARNING ABOUT IRRATIONAL NUMBERS!!!

  9. @Dawggo

    December 31, 2025 at 1:08 am

    Anybody in any era of our generation basically thrive of naivety. What I'm saying is they basically say "yeah these people will believe anything."

  15. @justfrankjustdank2538

    December 31, 2025 at 1:08 am

    the funniest part is that he didnt invent the pythagorean theorum, it was theorized by the egyptians, known by the sumerians, and proven by the chinese, who to this day call it the gogou theorum which tbh we should start doing

  23. @OoOoOo-we3dn

    December 31, 2025 at 1:08 am

    I guess I am a failure at life because of my enjoyment of beans. What would life be without beans tho. Also Pythagoras if he were to be alive must have rly hated modern Mexico then 🙂

  24. @Rat727-0

    December 31, 2025 at 1:08 am

    sometimes i just think that all philosophers and most famous dead people are just massive shitposters that happened to be famous and they just trolled everyone for fun

  28. @alexanderfreeman

    December 31, 2025 at 1:08 am

    "If you pluck hair from a male donkey's rump, burn it, grind it up, and then offer it to woman in a drink, she will not stop farting." – The Ancient-Greek magic book Kyranides

  31. @johnbrowns6072

    December 31, 2025 at 1:08 am

    I heard Pythagoras stole the Therom idea from Egypt, because the Egyptian had to know all of his theories and more to create the great pyramids, so his idea was nothing new just took from the Egyptian’s

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