Ancient Greek

Pythagorean Numerology

The Western tradition of numerology traces to the Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-495 BCE) and the Pythagoreans, who held that all reality could be expressed numerically and that a person's name and birth date could be reduced to a destiny number.

TraditionAncient Greek
SymbolNumbers as the key to cosmic order; destiny number
DomainsClarity

Citation

Kahn, Charles H. "Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History." Hackett Publishing, 2001.

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