Of course we cannot tell exactly from whence pythagoras and plato got these ideas .
当然,我们不能正确地说出毕达哥拉斯和柏拉图是从那里获得了这些想法。
His findings , published in the american classics journal apeiron , suggested plato was not only a secret follower of pythagoras but also shared his belief that the universe 's secrets lay maths and its numbers .
Pythagoras believed the souls of poets passed into swans , a fitting entombment that turns the tattered phrase " poetry in motion " into a truly lyrical trope .
Companies of superior spirits go back at least as far as pythagoras and plato and achieved new importance in the salons and coffeehouses of the 17th and 18th centuries , but the romantic age gave them a fresh impetus and emphasis .
The genius of ancient greek geometry not only stands the test of time ( pythagoras 's theorem is as valid now as when it was first proved ) ; its discoveries can suddenly find new applications in the 21st century .
So perhaps when consorts and choirs today recreate early court music , they should have a bit more fun and think less of the harmonies of pythagoras , and more of a rock concert 's drama compressed into a room that happens to be hung with gorgeous tapestries and paintings .
According to a summary of his account which he later provided to the newspaper el quetzalteco the witness stated that a street gang named pythagoras had been hired to kill rosenberg at a price of a hundred and eighty thousand dollars .