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Pythagoras of Samos (born around 570 BC - died around 495 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and pioneer of pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in the Magna Graecia of his time and influenced the thought of Plato and Aristotle, thus indirectly impacting the development of Western philosophy. The details of his life are shrouded in legend, but he appears to have been the son of Mnesarkos, a gem engraver or wealthy merchant on the island of Samos, off the coast of Anatolia. Modern scholars still debate who Pythagoras' teacher was and which thinkers influenced him. However, they agree that around 530 BCE, Pythagoras moved to Kroton on the Italian coast and founded a society with a special membership. Those who wanted to join had to be initiated first, and the community lived a communal and temperate lifestyle. The community also had rules regarding food. It was said that followers had to be vegetarian, but modern scholars doubt whether Pythagoras ever actually required his followers to abstain from meat altogether.

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