And since the portions of both the large and the small are equal in amount, in this way too all things would be in everything; nor can they be separate, but all things have a portion of everything. Since there cannot be a smallest, nothing can be separated or come to be by itself, but as in the beginning now too all things are together. But in all things there are many things, equal in amount, both in the larger and the smaller of the things being separated off. Anaxagoras
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Some people get confused when they hear the idea of the “principles” of Pythagoras. They get stuck on the idea of numbers and think Pythagoras was talking about the mathematical principles of Pythagoras. But for him, it was more about how things work in nature. His ideas were based on the concept that there are three parts to everything; the large, medium, and small.

He believed that all things come from these three parts of nature. For example, the earth is made up of earth, air, and fire. And each element contains each of these three elements.

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