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AFTER PYTHAGORAS STUDIED MUSICAL INTERVALS, HE THEN STUDIED NUMBERS. HE VIEWED NUMBERS AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPAL. HE BELIEVED THAT NUMBERS GAVE FORM TO MATTER. LATER HE SAID ALL THINGS WERE NUMBERS. THIS LATER BECAME THE SAYING OF ALL THINGS WERE NUMBERS.

NUMBERS 1-4 IN DOT NOTATION
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HIS FAVORITE NUMBERS WERE 1-4 BECAUSE THE SUM OF 1-4 IS 10. IN DOT NOTATION IT MAKES A TRIANGLE.

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HIS FAVORITE NUMBER WAS 10 BECAUSE THE FIRST FOUR INTEGERS ADDED UP TO 10 {1+2+3+4} AND ALSO BECAUSE IN DOT NOTATION IT FORMED A PERFECT TRIANGLE. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS SQUARE NUMBERS, OBLONG NUMBERS, TRIANGULAR NUMBERS,  SPHERICAL NUMBERS AND CUBIC NUMBERS.

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