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Cicero
Cicero was one of the first to write on Pythagoras and his works. He wrote about a mane named Pythagoras discovering new concepts in geometry and sacrificing ox to celebrate, however he questioned this as he knew him to be avidly against sacrificing of animals. -
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Iamblichus
Iamblichus was a Syrian writer that wrote avidly about Pythagoras. He heavily influenced the writings of Proclus. He wrote much about the mythical and superhuman characteristics of Pythagoras that must have influenced the future writers and philosophers on the subject such as Proclus and others. -
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Eric Temple Bell
Eric Bell wrote in his book "Men of Mathematics" that Pythagoras was the mathematician that introduced proofs into Geometry. This is a huge idea to give him credit for as proof based Geometry is what Geometry is now a days. -
Aberto Martinez
In 2012, Alberto Martinez published a book called "The Cult of Pythagoras" detailing myths and their origin of the legendary Pythagoras.
