Based on the detailed account in Iamblichus's "The Life of Pythagoras," this itinerary reflects Pythagoras's mission to learn from the world's greatest sources of wisdom.
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Pythagoras's time abroad—approximately 34 years in Egypt and Babylon alone—demonstrates his unique blend of knowledge from the Greek, Egyptian, and Babylonian civilizations. He returned to Samos around the age of 56.
The "Pythagorean way of life" (*bios Pythagorikos*) was rigorous, emphasizing temperance for intellectual and spiritual purity, with the knowledge for these practices acquired during his foreign travels.
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