alleryIn Pythagoreanism, the mathēmatikoi were originally:
ALearners
BSurveyors
CPriests
DSailors
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Learners
1. One school of Pythagoreans was called the mathēmatikoi.
2. At the time the word meant learners, not mathematicians.
3. The other options are tasks, not what the word meant.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Mathematics" (rev ?), section "Etymology"_
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