The philosopher Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BCE) believed in transmigration of souls, led a group which proposed that the earth was round, planets have an axis and travel around the sun, and is still widely known for a theorem of what kind?
Mathematical The theorem states that "in a right-angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse is equal [to the sum of] the squares of the two other sides". Pythagoras's interests also included music and medicine, and his group is credited with identifying the morning and evening star as the planet Venus.
The oldest surviving almost-complete tablets recording a kingdom's code of laws, formed c. 2100–2050 BCE, applied to what region?
A movement whose followers were known derisively as Lollards centred on the views of which priest, philosopher and theologian and his colleagues?
He was born in BCE 551, was known as a teacher, editor, and politician, and has been celebrated and venerated ever since as a philosopher. Who was he?
