"It was Pythagoras who first called heaven kosmos, because it is perfect, and "adorned" with infinite beauty and living beings."
— Pythagoras

January 1, 1970

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Algis Uzdavinys in The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic Philosophy (2004) p. 4; also in The Life of Pythagoras by an unknown ancient author, as quoted in The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library: An Anthology of Ancient Writings which Relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean Philosophy (1919)