Note: Pythagoras made numbers the basis of his philosophical system, as well physical as metaphysical. The doctrine of the transmigration of souls (metempsychosis) is associated closely with name of Pythagoras. [1913 Webster]
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pythagorism — py·thag·o·rism … English syllables
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