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Pythagoras & The Music of the Spheres

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We continue our exploration of Pythagoreanism by diving into the music of the spheres, and how this idea has influenced thinkers across history.


Sources/Recomended Reading:

  • Cooper, John M. (ed.) (1997). "Plato: Complete Works". Hackett Publishing Company.
  • Huffman, Carl A. (2008). "Philolaus of Croton: A Commentary on the Fragments and Testimonia with Interprative Essays". Cambridge University Press.
  • Huffman, Carl A. (ed.) (2017). "A History of Pythagoreanism". Cambridge University Press.
  • Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven & M. Schofield (1983). "The Presocratic Philosophers". Second Edition. Cambridge University Press.
  • Klavan, Spencer A. (2020). "Music in Ancient Greece: Melody, Rhythm and Life". Bloomsbury Academic.
  • Zhmud, Leonid (2012). "Pythagoras and the Early Pythagoreans". Translated by Kevin Windle & Rosh Ireland. OUP Oxford.

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