Triad (Greek philosophy)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. According to tradition, Pythagoreanism developed at some point into two separate schools of thought, the akousmatikoi , ("listeners") and the math matikoi ("learners"). The math matikoi were supposed to have extended and developed the more mathematical and scientific work begun by Pythagoras, while the akousmatikoi focused on the more religious and ritualistic aspects of his teachings. The akousmatikoi claimed that the math matikoi were not genuinely Pythagorean, but followers of the "renegade" Pythagorean Hippasus. The math matikoi, on the other hand, allowed that the akousmatikoi were Pythagorean, but felt that their own group was more representative of Pythagoras.