Religion played an important role in the development of greek science inspite of its rationality. This, especially true of the pythagorean school that began in greek colony at croton in southern Italy. Some accounts says that he travelled through to the eastern mediterranean and lived for several years in Egypt and Babylon. Where he learned oriental knowledge before finally settling in Croton Following a common religious practices of the time, Pythagoras and his disciples formed an ascetic community that abstained from certain foods and lived simply inorder to contemplate intellectual pursuits and mystical ideas, such as reincarnation and the relationship between music and mathematics. Their practice of secrecy seems to have raised suspicious in Croton that forced Pythagoras to flee to Metapontum where he died. Apparently woman played an important role in the early community. Some account indicate his student Theano, variously described as his wife or daughter, may have helped to keep the school going after his death. From the book: Visions that shaped the universe.
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