Pythagoras

Pythagoras (572 (?) – 492 (?) BC) was the point of departure, in the 6th Century BC, for what we call the “philosophy” of Ancient Greece; it follows tradition that he should be at the origin of the term.

Pythagoras was considered by Herodotus to be “one of the greatest minds in Greece”; Hegel called him the “first universal master.”

 He has enriched the course of both Western and Eastern cultures, and influenced essential disciplines such as mathematics, music, philosophy and astronomy.

For Pythagoras, a philosopher was a friend of wisdom (sophia in Greek), but could not be deemed “wise” as only God is truly wise.