# Archytas

> A Pythagorean from ancient Taras who argued that numbers — not shapes — were the key to real proof, and built the most famous case for an infinite universe that the ancient world ever heard.

*4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and statesman*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** -430
- **Died:** -345
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Archytas lived in Taras, the Greek city in what's now southern Italy, sometime between 435 and 350 BC. He was a mathematician, music theorist, and statesman who moved in Pythagorean circles and counted Plato as a friend. Where other Greek thinkers leaned on geometry, Archytas insisted that arithmetic gave the only satisfactory foundation for proof — a position that set him apart. He's credited as the founder of mathematical mechanics, and in antiquity his argument for the infinity of the universe became the most widely known defense of the idea. He also served as a strategist, folding philosophy into the practical business of running a city.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.8 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Academic, #Mathematics, #Physics, #Philosophy, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202001)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Archytas)
- [Arquites](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquites)
- [Tarentli Arxit](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarentli_Arxit)
- [Архит](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%82)
- [Arhita](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhita)
- [Arquites de Tarant](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquites_de_Tarant)
- [Archytas](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas)
- [Archytas](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas)
- [Archytas von Tarent](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas_von_Tarent)
- [Αρχύτας ο Ταραντίνος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A4%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Arĥito el Tarento](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C4%A5ito_el_Tarento)
- [Arquitas](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquitas)
- [Archytas](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas)
- [Arkitas](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkitas)
- [ارخوطس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B7%D8%B3)
- [Arkhytas](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkhytas)
- [Archytas de Tarente](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas_de_Tarente)
- [Arquitas de Tarento](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquitas_de_Tarento)
- [ארכיטס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A1)
- [Arhita](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhita)
- [Arkhütasz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkh%C3%BCtasz)
- [Արքիտաս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BD)
- [Arkitas](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkitas)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archytas)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archita)
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arquitas_de_Tarento)
- [أرخيتاس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [ارخيتاس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3)

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