In the pursuit of life's understanding and purification of soul, Phythagoras
(c. 570-c. 495 BC), Ionian philosopher and mathematician, distinguished three different kinds
of lives and by implications the three division of the soul. By way of illustration, there, are, he said, three different of people who go to the Olympian games. The lowest class is made up of those
who go there to buy and sell, to make a profit. Next are those who go there to compete, to gain honors. Best of all, he thought, are those who come as spectators, who reflect upon and analyze what is happening.
Of these three spectator illustrates the activity of philosophers who are liberated from daily life and its imperfections.
(c. 570-c. 495 BC), Ionian philosopher and mathematician, distinguished three different kinds
of lives and by implications the three division of the soul. By way of illustration, there, are, he said, three different of people who go to the Olympian games. The lowest class is made up of those
who go there to buy and sell, to make a profit. Next are those who go there to compete, to gain honors. Best of all, he thought, are those who come as spectators, who reflect upon and analyze what is happening.
Of these three spectator illustrates the activity of philosophers who are liberated from daily life and its imperfections.
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