[Ti] 12' Powerbook/Pythagoras [OT]

[Paul Russell]

>>  > Greek vegetarian friend Mr Pythagorus.
>>
>>I never knew he was vegetarian!  I knew this list was educational :)
>
>Oh yes. His philosophy rested on the following two pillars:
>
>1/ the universe is governed by numbers
>2/ one should not eat beans
>
>These spoil-sports actually have a deeper interpretation of that second rule:
>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12587b.htm

The christians referred to the vegetarian diet as the Pythgorean diet 
until around the 19th century. To refer to someone as Pythagorean was 
considered derogatory. I guess they were just jealous because they'd 
never had any decent mathematicians. ;-)

Paul

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