Download or read book The Order and the Doctrine of Pythagoras written by Pythagoras PYTHAGORAS and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day about 580 BC the great Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras was born on the isle of Samos. Here he spent his childhood - and he is now known as "the Samian". He was the son of Mnesarchus, and grew up in a moderately wealthy family. (Though other accounts says he was born a son of the god Apollo...)Once when he was in Egypt, the great mathematician Thales recommended him to study there to enlarge his knowledge.