Therefore, we do not doubt for a moment that Pythagoras’ stay in Egypt, that the lessons he received from the priests there, were among the things that were common truth.

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Wir zweifeln daher keinen Augenblick, dass der Aufenthalt des Pythagoras in Aegypten, dass der Unterricht, welchen er bei den dortigen Priestern genoss, zu den Dingen gehört, die landläufige Wahrheit waren. (Cantor 1880: 127)

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