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Revision as of 21:10, 28 December 2004 by Nixdorf (talk | contribs) (small add)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
The use of the word sex for sexual intercourse 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 marriage, and 6 that for sex, which followed from marriage. Since sex is the Latin word for the number 6, it's possible that the word "sex" used today evolved from an ancient euphemism.
Later resurgence of the same ideas are collected under the term neopythagoreanism.