10/29 Pythagorianism and Xenophanes 15-23

Themes: Number and the underlying intelligible nature of reality, the nature of the divine, change

1. What is the Pythagorian idea of the transmigration of souls?

2. For the Pythagorians, how does number determine the order and nature of the universe, and why are musical scales their preferred example of this?

3. What is Xenophanes’ criticism of the Greek Olympian religion, and what was his own view about the nature of the divine?