Note 800 — Chapter VII · THE PYTHAGOREANS

In Aet. ii. 6, 5 (R. P. 80) the theory is ascribed to Pythagoras, which is an anachronism, as the mention of “elements” shows it must be later than Empedokles. In his extract from the same source, Achilles says οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι, which doubtless represents Theophrastos better. There is a fragment of “Philolaos” bearing on the subject (R. P. 79), where the regular solids must be meant by τὰ ἐν τᾷ σφαίρᾳ σώματα.