Pythagorean Numerology: Numbers in Ancient Greece
Pythagorean Numerology: Numbers in Ancient Greece Pythagorean numerology represents one of the most influential philosophical interpretations of numbers in the ancient world. Developed within the intellectual circle surrounding Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE, this system proposed that numbers were not merely tools for counting but the fundamental principles underlying reality itself. According to this […]
The Atlantis Story: Plato’s Account of a Lost Civilization
The Origins of Atlantis The story of the lost island of Atlantis comes from two Socratic dialogues, Timaeus and Critias, written around 360 BCE by the Greek philosopher Plato. These dialogues formed a festival speech to be told on the Panathenaea, honoring the goddess Athena. Plato describes a conversation between Socrates, Timaeus of Locri, Hermocrates […]
