Socrates, Plato traveled to Italy where he met with Philolaus and Eurytus. The pupils of Philolaus were said to have included Xenophilus, Phanto, Echecrates...
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Pythagorean astronomical system (redirect from Philolaus's universe)
agreed on a single system before the time of Philolaus. One surviving theory from the Pythagoreans before Philolaus, the harmony of the spheres, is first mentioned...
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Philolaus of Corinth (Greek: Φιλόλαος ὁ Κορίνθιος) was an ancient Greek lawmaker at Thebes. Philolaus belonged by birth to the Bacchiadae family of Corinth...
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Philolaus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon's near side. It lies within one crater diameter to the east-southeast...
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the 5th century BC and attributed to the Pythagorean philosopher Philolaus. Philolaus' universe moved "the earth from the center of the cosmos," and provided...
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recognised subspecies: Eurytides philolaus philolaus (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, southern Texas) Eurytides philolaus xanticles (Bates, 1863) (Panama...
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Neopythagorean philosopher Nicomachus, Philolaus was the successor of Pythagoras. According to Cicero (de Orat. III 34.139), Philolaus was teacher of Archytas. According...
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hemispherical. Aristarchus was influenced by the concept presented by Philolaus of Croton (c. 470 – 385 BC) of a fire at the center of the universe, but...
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influenced by a concept presented by Philolaus of Croton (c. 470 – 385 BC). In the 5th century BC the Greek philosophers Philolaus and Hicetas had the thought...
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this, as well as from the extant fragments, that the first book (from Philolaus) of the work contained a general account of the origin and arrangement...
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recorded history. For example, in the 5th century BCE, the philosopher Philolaus defined a hypothetical astronomical object which he called the "Central...
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Copernicus cited Aristarchus and Philolaus in an early manuscript of his book which survives, stating: "Philolaus believed in the mobility of the earth...
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Nature (Heraclitus) On Nature (Melissus) On Nature (Parmenides) On Nature (Philolaus) On Nature (Zeno) Physis, a Greek philosophical, theological, and scientific...
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Eudemus Eudoxus Hippasus Hippias Hippocrates Leon Menaechmus Oenopides Philolaus Philon Theaetetus Theodorus Thymaridas Xenocrates Zeno of Elea Apollonius...
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universe was not ruled by gods.[citation needed] Pythagorean universe Philolaus (d. 390 BCE) Existence of a "Central Fire" at the center of the Universe...
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BC)—that Timaeus was influenced by a book about Pythagoras, written by Philolaus, although this assertion is generally considered false. The dialogue takes...
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in the first 13 Olympiads. Diocles is said to have been the beloved of Philolaus of the Bacchiadae family of Corinth who arose as Nomothete (lawmaker)...
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The painter Polygnotus of Thasos begins his work (approximate date). Philolaus, Greek philosopher (approximate year) Duke Ding of Jin, ruler of Jin in...
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Crete. By the latter, she mothered Eurymedon, Nephalion, Chryses, and Philolaus. These men were later on slain by the hero Heracles after they killed...
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reestablish the order. These ideas are obvious in later Greek philosophers. Philolaus (5th century BC) mentions that nature constituted and is organized with...
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than the apparent diurnal rotation of the heavens. Perhaps the first was Philolaus (470–385 BCE), though his system was complicated, including a counter-earth...
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Pythagorean Pythagoras Hippasus Philolaus Archytas Lamiskos Alcmaeon Brontinus Theano Damo Calliphon Hermotimus Metrodorus of Cos Arignote Myia Eurytus...
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if those teachings were developed by his later followers, particularly Philolaus of Croton. Following Croton's decisive victory over Sybaris in around...
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Pythagorean Pythagoras Hippasus Philolaus Archytas Lamiskos Alcmaeon Brontinus Theano Damo Calliphon Hermotimus Metrodorus of Cos Arignote Myia Eurytus...
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Pythagorean Pythagoras Hippasus Philolaus Archytas Lamiskos Alcmaeon Brontinus Theano Damo Calliphon Hermotimus Metrodorus of Cos Arignote Myia Eurytus...
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around the Sun—was originally proposed by the ancient Greek philosopher Philolaus in the fifth century BCE (albeit in a pre-heliocentric framework), and...
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Pythagorean Pythagoras Hippasus Philolaus Archytas Lamiskos Alcmaeon Brontinus Theano Damo Calliphon Hermotimus Metrodorus of Cos Arignote Myia Eurytus...
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Pythagorean Pythagoras Hippasus Philolaus Archytas Lamiskos Alcmaeon Brontinus Theano Damo Calliphon Hermotimus Metrodorus of Cos Arignote Myia Eurytus...
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Hicetas Hippocrates of Chios Meton Oenopides Parmenides Philip of Opus Philolaus Apollonius Aratus Archimedes Aristarchus Aristyllus Attalus Autolycus...
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Pythagorean Pythagoras Hippasus Philolaus Archytas Lamiskos Alcmaeon Brontinus Theano Damo Calliphon Hermotimus Metrodorus of Cos Arignote Myia Eurytus...
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