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Diogenes Laërtius mentions several of Pythagoras' travels and he mentions that the philosopher visited the Chaldeans and the Magi: ἐγένετ' οὖν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ὁπηνίκα καὶ Πολυκράτης αὐτὸν Ἀμάσιδι συνέστησε δι' ἐπιστολῆς· καὶ ἐξέμαθε τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, καθά φησιν Ἀντιφῶν ἐν τῷ Περὶ τῶν ἐν ἀρετῇ πρωτευσάντων, καὶ παρὰ Χαλδαίοις ἐγένετο καὶ Μάγοις. εἶτ' ἐν Κρήτῃ ...

Steven Chu comes to mind. Other candidates might include Henry Kissenger - assuming that political science is a science Douglass North Thomas Schelling Albert Schweitzer assuming that the UN is government Friedrich von Hayek Paul Krugman Elsie Widdowson Hu Jintao Antoine Lavosier Rush D. Holt Jerry McNerney Vern Ehlers Bill Foster Mario Monti Lucas ...