Which of the Following Statements Best Describes the Relationship of Pythagoras

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of Pythagoras and the Ionian philosophers?

• A)Pythagoras was the Ionian philosopher who believed the primary substance was air and that the sun's rays falling through dense air caused the rainbow.
• B)Unlike the Ionians, Pythagoras is credited with inventing formal logic.
• C)Unlike the "matter philosophers," Pythagoras believed in the one True Being, transcendent, permanent, and perfect.
• D)Pythagoras believed that the nature was not made of a primary substance, as the Ionians believed, but out of mathematical relationships.
• E)Unlike the "matter philosophers," Pythagoras believed that the mathematical harmony of the universe expressed the perfect thoughts of the True Being.

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