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pythagoreanism  

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  • A philosophical school, with characteristics of a mystical cult in its earlier stages, founded in the city of Croton in southern Italy by Pythagoras (c. 570–490 BCE), a seer and sage according to his followers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Pythagoreanism]

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