Classical Studies, Mathematics, and Music Presents

Plato's Harmonic Cosmos

"The Myth of Er," located late in Chapter X of Plato's Republic, introduced much of the world to the idea of a musically motivated cosmos. In his Timaeus a bit more detail is given on how this harmonic world was constructed. The description is extremely evocative but like a dream, when you wake up, things don't always fit together. For the next 2000+ years astronomers, astrologers, philosophers, mathematicians, musicians, and music theorists tried to get the universe to fit into some sort of harmonic scheme. This is their story.

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