English
Etymology
From Pythagorean + -ism.
Noun
Pythagoreanism (uncountable)
- (philosophy) The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
1987, Edward George Weltin, Athens and Jerusalem: An Interpretative Essay on Christianity and Classical Culture, Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 71:Only two Greek philosophies, Pythagoreanism and neo-Platonism, might be called basically religious. Even early Pythagoreanism prior to 450 B.C. had a strong religious strain.
- Vegetarianism.
Derived terms
Translations
beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
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