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Name:   Arithmetic of the soul
Author(s)
 
 
Cavanaugh, J. P.
Topics
 
 
Music
Source
 
 
Johns Hopkins Magazine 1998
URL
 
 
http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0298web/math.html
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This article by J.P. Cavanaugh discusses how music was once viewed not as emotional, but as mathematical. In the wisdom of Ancient Greek philosophers, most notably Plato and Aristotle, music was not solely a matter of artistic, divine, or romantic expression. Music was math. Following that theory, later philosophers named the "quadrivium" of mathematical arts: Geometry, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and Music.
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6/7/2005
 
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