Archytas
430 BCE – 345 BCE · aged 85
4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and statesman
- Born
- 430 BCE · Taras
- Died
- 345 BCE · Taras
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- 430 BCEBornBorn in Taras
- 345 BCEDiedDied in Taras
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Biography
Archytas (Greek: Ἀρχύτας; 435/410–360/350 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, music theorist, statesman, and strategist from the ancient city of Taras (Tarentum) in modern Apulia, Southern Italy. He was a scientist and philosopher affiliated with the Pythagorean school and famous for being the reputed founder of mathematical mechanics and a friend of Plato.
As a Pythagorean, Archytas believed that arithmetic (logistic), rather than geometry, provided the basis for satisfactory proofs, and developed the most famous argument for the infinity of the universe in antiquity.
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