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Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.

James Mark Baldwin

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James Mark Baldwin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1861
Born: January 12
Died: 1934
Died: November 8
Philosopher
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Columbia
South Carolina
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