Resumen

TAKAHASHI, Alonso. PITAGORAS SPELL. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2006, vol.55, n.131, pp.97-111. ISSN 0120-0062.

The paper points out the fascination exerted by Mathematics on some thinkers, ancient and modern, and it poses a possible explanation based on the usefulness of Mathematics, the certainty of its statements, and the elegance of its procedures.

Palabras clave : Pythagoras; Plato; Mathematics; The Good; the True; the Beautiful.