After his death he was credited with being a sorcerer, performing miracles, being a mystic, and founding the modern school of mathematics. Pythagoras' followers believed that the discovery of knowledge was ecstasy. Both Plato and Pythagoras preferred a mathematical way of viewing the world. Pythagoreanism Is the school of thought that grew from the teachings of Pythagoras. The immaterial soul of the human being is a fragment of the world soul.
Souls transmigrate at death from one body to another body.
Animals and beans must not be eaten Moderation in all things is a virtue. Knowledge of oneself is essential to righteous behavior. Barnes and Noble, 1981.