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    Challenges→The Pythagorean connections in the Cratylus and Phaedo passages are not convincing

    The argument partly depends on the doubtful assumption that Epicharmus was a Pythagorean

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    There is currently a very wide range of opinions about the relationship of Plato to Pythagoreanism. Many scholars both ancient and modern have thought that Plato was very closely tied to Pythagoreanism. In the biography of Pythagoras read by Photius in the 9th century CE (Bibl. 249) Plato is presented as a member of the Pythagorean school. He is the pupil of Archytas and the ninth successor to Pythagoras himself. If this were true then Plato would certainly be the most illustrious early Pythagor

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