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lemondrop13 · 02-15-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3

Anna smiled at the two points she had just earned her house. She raised her hand again, "Pythagoras?" She was almost second guessing herself, though.

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Originally Posted by Monkey Princess

Ari loked up at the next question and put her hand in the air. "Pythagoras I believe it was, in the sixth century I think it was." She replied hoping it was right.

"You're both correct. The acknolwedged birth of Arithmancy is credited to the sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, mathematician, and mystic, Pythagoras; however, you've only answered half of my question."

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Originally Posted by ~*just_me(lily_evans)*~

Juniper raised her hand. She had done her reading before class. "Pythagoras is credited with the birth of Arithmancy," she said. "He figured out that things could be measured, understood, and predicted by numbers associated with them through patterns." She hoped she was right.

"You are certainly correct that Pythagoras did formulate that theory about numbers and the universe, but that was not his greatest contribution, though it certainly did play a large role as the foundation work. One point to you."

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Originally Posted by Hermione67

Raising hand: Pythagoras was a 6th century BC greek Philosopher who was responsible for Arithmancy, therefore it became Pythagoran theory

"While Pythagoras did develop a mathematical theorem which now bears his name, it actually is not used in Arithmancy. Nice try though."

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Originally Posted by tljunkin

Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Pythagoras, a sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, gave us the The Pythagorean Number System wich substituted the numbers 1 through 9 for specific letters A=1, B=2, etc'

"Excellent! Precisely the answer I was looking for! Without Pythagoras, there would be no Arithmancy because there would be no numbers to represent the letters in our names! Three points to you for outstanding work!"

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Originally Posted by Jenster

Marco raised his hand, "Was it Mr Arith Mancy?" He could have a laugh. Since this class was about numbers, nothing of interest.

Professor Shackleton smiled and replied in turn, "You know, I've heard Pythagoras liked to be called that from time to time, but only by the closest of friends. He even had T-shirts made with that across the front, if I'm not mistaken."

Professor Shackleton continued, getting the class back to reality, by using her wand to cross off the first two items on the list on the board, explaining, "There is obviously a lot more detail to the Origins of Arithmancy and the Pythagorean Number System. I expect that you will use your textbook as a reference to become more familiar with these topics but since our time is limited, we will move on to the Core. Who can tell me what the Core represents and what the four components of it are?

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lemondrop13 Kneazle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA Posts: 22,383 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sloane W. Fordyce First Year	Cheesy Mac Quote: Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3 Anna smiled at the two points she had just earned her house. She raised her hand again, "Pythagoras?" She was almost second guessing herself, though. Quote: Originally Posted by Monkey Princess Ari loked up at the next question and put her hand in the air. "Pythagoras I believe it was, in the sixth century I think it was." She replied hoping it was right. "You're both correct. The acknolwedged birth of Arithmancy is credited to the sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, mathematician, and mystic, Pythagoras; however, you've only answered half of my question." Quote: Originally Posted by *~just_me(lily_evans)~* Juniper raised her hand. She had done her reading before class. "Pythagoras is credited with the birth of Arithmancy," she said. "He figured out that things could be measured, understood, and predicted by numbers associated with them through patterns." She hoped she was right. "You are certainly correct that Pythagoras did formulate that theory about numbers and the universe, but that was not his greatest contribution, though it certainly did play a large role as the foundation work. One point to you." Quote: Originally Posted by Hermione67 Raising hand: Pythagoras was a 6th century BC greek Philosopher who was responsible for Arithmancy, therefore it became Pythagoran theory "While Pythagoras did develop a mathematical theorem which now bears his name, it actually is not used in Arithmancy. Nice try though." Quote: Originally Posted by tljunkin Qaz raised her hand and replied, *'Pythagoras, a sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, gave us the The Pythagorean Number System wich substituted the numbers 1 through 9 for specific letters A=1, B=2, etc'* "Excellent! Precisely the answer I was looking for! Without Pythagoras, there would be no Arithmancy because there would be no numbers to represent the letters in our names! Three points to you for outstanding work!" Quote: Originally Posted by Jenster Marco raised his hand, "Was it Mr Arith Mancy?" He could have a laugh. Since this class was about numbers, nothing of interest. Professor Shackleton smiled and replied in turn, "You know, I've heard Pythagoras liked to be called that from time to time, but only by the closest of friends. He even had T-shirts made with that across the front, if I'm not mistaken." Professor Shackleton continued, getting the class back to reality, by using her wand to cross off the first two items on the list on the board, explaining, "There is obviously a lot more detail to the Origins of Arithmancy and the Pythagorean Number System. I expect that you will use your textbook as a reference to become more familiar with these topics but since our time is limited, we will move on to the Core. Who can tell me what the Core represents and what the four components of it are? __________________