Question

According to the Number Philosophy, what is the basis of the universe?

• A. Fire
• B. Water
• C. Number
• D. Consciousness

Hint:

Pythagoras viewed numbers as the divine archetypes of reality, unlike Thales (Water) or Heraclitus (Fire).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

``Number Philosophy'' refers to the Pythagorean school of thought.
Pythagoras famously taught that mathematical relations govern all things.
Therefore, he asserted that the fundamental substance or basis of the universe is Number.