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Archytas
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Archytas (; ; 435/410–360/350 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, music theorist, statesman, and strategist from the ancient city of Taras (Tarentum) in Southern Italy. He was a scientist and philosopher affiliated with the Pythagorean school and famous for being the reputed founder of mathematical mechanics and a friend of Plato.
Archytas was an ancient Greek mathematician, music theorist, and politician from southern Italy (around 435–350 BC) who is credited with founding mathematical mechanics and was associated with the Pythagorean philosophical school. He matters historically because of his influential scientific work and his connection to the famous philosopher Plato.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- -430
- Died
- -345
- Works
- 5
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- Pythagore et la philosophie pythagoricienne
- Pythagore et la Philosophie Pythagoricienne
- Pythagore et la philosophie pythagoricienne: contenant les fragments de ...
- Prosōkratikoi
- L'educazione morale
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Quotes
- “That tho' a Man were admitted into Heaven to view the wonderful Fabrick of the World, and the Beauty of the stars, yet what would otherwise be Rapture and Extasie, would be but melancholy Amazement if he had not a Friend to communicate it to.”
- “The unwritten laws of the gods were promulgated against depraved manners, inflicting a severe destiny and penalty on the disobedient; and these unwritten laws are the fathers and leaders of those that are written, and of the dogmas established by men.”
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Key facts
- Philosopher.region
- Western philosophy
- Philosopher.era
- Classical Greek philosophy
- Philosopher.image
- Archytas of Taras.jpg
- Philosopher.caption
- Bust from Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, once identified as Archytas, now thought to be Pythagoras
- Philosopher.name
- Archytas
- Philosopher.birth_date
- 435/410 BC
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Tarentum, Magna Graecia
- Philosopher.death_date
- 360/350 BC
- Philosopher.school_tradition
- Pythagoreanism
- Philosopher.notable_ideas
- Doubling the cubeInfinite universe
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- Archytas of Tarentum
- date of birth
- 0430-00-00
- date of death
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- name in native language
- Ἀρχύτας ὁ Ταραντίνος
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- birth name
- Ἀρχύτας
- P11493
- Münsterland
- significant place
- Taras
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Archytas (; ; 435/410–360/350 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, music theorist, statesman, and strategist from the ancient city of Taras (Tarentum) in Southern Italy. He was a scientist and philosopher affiliated with the Pythagorean school and famous for being the reputed founder of mathematical mechanics and a friend of Plato.
As a Pythagorean, Archytas believed that arithmetic (logistic), rather than geometry, provided the basis for satisfactory proofs, and developed the most famous argument for the infinity of the universe in antiquity.