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It was a religous cult founded by Pythagoras that thought everything depended on numbers, and math. They were divided into two groups, the mathematikoi and the akousmatikoi.

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Who were the members of the Pythagorean brotherhood?

The Pythagoreans brotherhood members were followers of the philosopher-mathematician Pythagoras. I don't exactly who though.


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