claim: Pythagoras is unassociated with Pythagoras' ideas.
evidence: Pythagoras of Samos -LRB- -LSB- pɪˈθægərəs -RSB- -LSB- paɪˈθægərəs -RSB- -LSB- Πυθαγορας ο Σαμιος , Pythagoras ho Samios , Pythagoras the Samos , Samian -RSB- , or simply Πυθαγορας Πυθαγορης in Ionian Greek ; -RRB- was an Ionian Greek philosopher , mathematician , and putative founder of the Pythagoreanism movement .. Samos. Samos. Pythagoreanism. Pythagoreanism. Ionian Greek. Ionian Greek. Ionian. Ionians. Greek. Ancient Greeks. philosopher. Greek philosophy. mathematician. mathematician. He is often revered as a great mathematician and scientist and is best known for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name .. Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean theorem. mathematician. mathematician. scientist. scientist. Legend and obfuscation cloud his work , so it is uncertain whether he truly contributed much to mathematics or natural philosophy .. mathematics. mathematics. natural philosophy. natural philosophy. Many of the accomplishments credited to Pythagoras may actually have been accomplishments of his colleagues or successors .. Some accounts mention that the philosophy associated with Pythagoras was related to mathematics and that numbers were important .. mathematics. mathematics. It was said that he was the first man to call himself a philosopher , or lover of wisdom , and Pythagorean ideas exercised a marked influence on Plato , and through him , all of Western philosophy .. Western philosophy. Western philosophy. Plato. Plato. philosopher. Greek philosophy