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Arignote or Arignota (/ ˌ æ r ɪ ɡ ˈ n oʊ t iː, ˌ æ r ɪ ɡ ˈ n oʊ t ə /; Greek: Ἀριγνώτη, Arignṓtē; fl. c. 500 BC) was a Pythagorean philosopher from Croton, Magna Graecia, or from Samos.
Arignote was born in 6th century BCE Italy to Pythagoras and Theano, the founders of the Pythagorean society. She wrote several works on the Pythagorean teachings, such as the Sacred Discourses, and contributed to the belief that numbers are the essence of the universe.
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Arignote is a character in a tale by Lucian, who uses magic to vanquish a specter in a haunted house. The story is based on an earlier account by Pliny and is included in the Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology.
The most extensive fragmentary writings by female philosophers are those of Neopythagorean women, particularly Theano, Perictione, Phintys, and Ptolemaïs. The most well-attested women philosophers in antiquity include Aspasia, Diotima, Arete, Hipparchia, Sosipatra, and Hypatia.
In antiquity, Pythagoras was credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries, including the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids, the Theory of Proportions, the sphericity of the Earth, and the identity of the morning and evening stars as the planet Venus.
Arignote was one of the women philosophers in the Pythagorean school in ancient Greece. She was probably the daughter of Theano and Pythagoras, and may have written some works on philosophy.
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