I n the pursuit of li fe's und erstanding and p urifi cation of soul , Phythagoras (c. 570-c. 495 BC), Ionian phil osopher and mathe mati cian, dist i nguished three diffe r ent kinds of lives and by implications the three division of th e soul. By w ay of illus tration , there, are, he said, three diff erent of people who go to the O lymp ia n games. The lo wes t cla s s is made up of t hose who go there to bu y an d sel l , to make a profit. Ne x t are th ose who go the re to co mpe t e, to gain hon ors . Best of all, he th ought , are those who come as spectato rs, who reflect upon and analyze what is happening. Of thes e three spectator illustrates the a ctivity of philo soph ers who are liberated from daily life and its imperfections .