Greek Philosophy of Mathematics
Math 390 Lecture 5
Dr. Janssen
Introduction
Key figures
Pythagoras and his followers
Plato
Aristotle
The Pythagoreans
Pythagoras
580-500 BCE
Born at Samos
Some say he studied under Thales, unlikely given age difference
Traveled to Egypt, Babylon, and possibly India
Contemporary of Buddha, Confucius, and Laozi
Said to have coined the words
philosophy
and
mathematics