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| One main subject that is part of pythagoreanism is ], the music of the spheres. | One main subject that is part of pythagoreanism is ], the music of the spheres. | ||
| The use of the word ''sex'' for ] is believed to derive from Pythagorean numerology. To the Pythagoreans, the number '''2''' represented the female, and '''3''', the male. Therefore, '''5''' was the number for ], and '''6''' that for sex, which followed from marriage. Since ''sex'' is the ] word for the number ], it's possible that the word "sex" used today evolved from an ancient ]. | |||
| Later resurgence of the same ideas are collected under the term '''neopythagoreanism'''. | Later resurgence of the same ideas are collected under the term '''neopythagoreanism'''. | ||
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Pythagoreanism is a term used for the religious and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers the Pythagoreans, much influenced by mathematics and probably a main inspiration source to Plato and platonism.
One main subject that is part of pythagoreanism is musica universalis, the music of the spheres.
Later resurgence of the same ideas are collected under the term neopythagoreanism.