Published “Testimonia, Part 1: Person (P)” in Digital Loeb Classical Library.
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Hippasus
Hippasus of Metapontum was a Greek philosopher and early follower of Pythagoras. Little is known about his life or his beliefs, but he is sometimes credited with the discovery of the existence of irrational numbers. The discovery of irrational numbers is said to have been shocking to the Pythagoreans, and Hippasus is supposed to have drowned at sea, apparently as a punishment from the gods for div…
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science · 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher · mathematician · philosopher · music theorist · musicologist · also Hippasus, Hippasus of Metapontum
Born 600 BC · Died 500 BC · Q298860
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Published “Testimonia, Part 2: Doctrine (D)” in Digital Loeb Classical Library.
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