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Pythagoras while playing the Lyre one day ,
Formulated his musical theory as Historians say !
Just as distinct notes were produced by the varying
lengths of the Lyre strings ,
So did the planets , revolving in there divinely fixed 
frequency ratios ;
And combined to form God’s philharmonic orchestra , -
His grand cosmic show !
Thus in his Theory of Music the mystic Pythagoras ,
Related it all to mathematical ratio of numbers !
He tried to resolve through numbers the relation 
of all things , -
As the underlying principle of all living beings !
Our modern day popular science of Numerology ,
Owes much to Pythagoras and his mystical number 
philosophy !
Since Numbers never lied and always told the truth ,
They were considered Humanity’s ultimate good !

The Problem Of Transformation 
         And  Change !

So far in the opening verses we have seen ,
The Ionian philosophers all delved in , -
The substantial nature of all things !
While the Pythagoreans dealt with quantitative
relations , -
Of order , harmony , and number unifications ,
Blending their thoughts with mystical traditions !
The next philosophical issue with which the 
Greek’s dealt , -
Was the problem of becoming , transformation ,
and change !

Heraclitus of Ephesus (540-480 BC) :

Born in the Greek island of Ephesus in the Agean
Sea ,
In an aristocrat family , he displayed contempt
for democracy !
For Thales , if my readers recall , everything was 
made of ‘water’ !
Anaximenes thought ‘air’ was the primitive element ; 
While Pythagoras had reduced everything to his 
‘exotic numbers’ !
For Heraclitus the primary world-stuff was ‘fire’ !
Fire with its heat , light and combustion , was an
animate thing , -
The very soul of all creation and living being ! 
The ever living fire was never at rest ,
And Pythagoras at times called it vapor or breath !
The soul was a mixture of fire and water ,
Where fire was noble and water ignoble !
A soul that had most fire was deemed to be the 
best ,
Since a dry soul was always the wisest !
All things were in a state of flux he had said ;
For you cannot step into the same water twice ,
As water keeps flowing past your feet all the
while !
All things change to merging with time’s flow ,
A process so gradual , one hardly perceives or 
come to know !
“Nothing ever is - everything is becoming” ,
Thus rose the philosophy of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ ;
That distinguished Heraclitus from Parmenides !
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