As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
— Pythagoras Ancient

Pythagorean theorem, mathematics

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A central argument for Pythagorean vegetarianism, widely attributed.

Date / Period

c. 570-495 BCE

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