The following account of Pythagoras' philosophy is based in the first place on the evidence prior to Aristotle and in the second place on evidence that our sources explicitly identify as deriving from Aristotle's books on the Pythagoreans as well as from the books of his pupils such as Aristoxenus and Dicaearchus. One of the manifestations of the attempt to glorify Pythagoras in the later tradition is the report that he, in fact, invented the word philosophy. This story goes back to the early Academy, since it is first found in Heraclides of Pontus
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Biography of Pythagoras - Math Word Definition - Math Open Reference." Biography of Pythagoras - Math Word Definition - Math Open Reference. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2014.