Theano mathematician biography projects
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Introduction
“If the soul is not immortal then life will become a playground for the evil doers who will die after having lived a sinful life,” said Theano of Crotona, an ancient Greek thinker.
Theano mathematician biography projects
Theano, a woman thinker, flourished around 500BC, an era when psychology or thoughts were an all- male domain and explicit context and concepts about spirituality were inexistent as people tried to find newer ways and means for virtuous living.
Theano cut across all social barriers confronting women of the era to become a prominent thinker.
Among her many works, she also tried to explain afterlife in the context of Pythagorean teachings, which propounded the infinite universe as a harmonious entity that balances itself. Hence, the human soul as an integral part of the universe is immortal.
By this corollary, punishment for souls of immoral and evil people occurs naturally, as a balancing act, she explained.
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