Pythagoras probably didn’t exist. | Hacker News

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		dan-robertson on Sept 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek... Pythagoras probably didn’t exist.

dr_dshiv on Sept 28, 2021 [–]

How do you figure? He didn't write anything, but his contemporary Heraclitus did. And Heraclitus insulted him for being a syncretic thinker. Why would he if he didn't exist?

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