He also believed your soul carries on after death and enters a new body, possibly even an animalâs.
The story that he was killed because he refused to run away through a field of beans is probably fake. Thereâs a trope of ancient philosophers getting ironic deaths:
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Archimedes being killed because he was absorbed in his geometry (he told the attacking soldier âdonât disturb my circles!â)
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Diogenes was notorious for rejecting social norms and acting dog-like. âCynicâ comes from the Greek word for âdogâ. He died of food poisoning after eating raw octopus, showing you canât really live like a dog.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Huh, I was watching a YouTube video about the Sabians in TĂźrkiye the other day and how they were Pythagorians who didnât eat beans
youtu.be/L00Fyu_5GXk