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Pythagorean system

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pythagorismnounThe doctrines taught by Pythagoras.
copernican systemnoun(astronomy) A heliocentric model of the solar system, proposed in the 16th century by the eponymous astronomer.
pythagoristnounA Pythagorean.
ptolemaistnoun(historical) Someone who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy.
pythagorasnounPythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.
neo-pythagoreanismnounAlternative form of Neopythagoreanism. [A Graeco-Alexandrian school of philosophy, reviving Pythagorean doctrines, which became prominent in the first and second centuries CE.]
copernicannounOf or pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the influential astronomer.
neopythagoreanismnounA Graeco-Alexandrian school of philosophy, reviving Pythagorean doctrines, which became prominent in the first and second centuries CE.
pythagoreanismnoun(philosophy) The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
almagestnounA comprehensive treatise on astronomy, alchemy, geography and/or mathematics (originally compiled by Ptolemy circa 150 C.E.).
copernicusnounNicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
neopythagoreannounAn adherent of Neopythagoreanism.
ptolemiesnounThe Ptolemaic dynasty.
ptolemynounClaudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 – c. 168 AD), a Greek-speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. His most important works were the Almagest and the Geography
androcydesnounAny of certain male historical figures of Ancient Greece:
aristotelianismnoun(philosophy) The philosophical system of Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE) and his followers.
olympianismnoun(uncommon) Synonym of Hellenism (the modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece).
cyrenaicnoun(chiefly historical) A member or adherent of Cyrenaicism, the philosophical school founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and codified by Aristippus the Younger.
hermesianismnounHermesian theology
alphonsinnounA set of astronomical tables compiled in A.D. 1252.

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