Pythagorean harmony of the spheres

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ancient Greek doctrine cosmological concept musical cosmology theory philosophical concept

The Pythagorean harmony of the spheres is an ancient philosophical and cosmological concept proposing that the movements of celestial bodies produce a hidden, mathematically ordered music reflecting the harmony of the universe.

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Label	Occurrences
Pythagorean harmony of the spheres canonical	2
musica universalis	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek doctrine ⓘ cosmological concept ⓘ musical cosmology theory ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Boethius ⓘ Johannes Kepler ⓘ Philolaus ⓘ Plato ⓘ Pythagoras ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	harmony of the spheres ⓘ music of the spheres ⓘ Pythagorean harmony of the spheres ⓘ surface form: musica universalis
hasConceptualRelation	Pythagorean tuning ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ mathematical mysticism ⓘ quadrivium ⓘ
hasCoreIdea	celestial bodies produce a form of music through their motions ⓘ cosmic order can be expressed as musical proportion ⓘ cosmos is ordered according to numerical and harmonic ratios ⓘ mathematical harmony underlies the structure of the universe ⓘ planetary distances and speeds correspond to musical intervals ⓘ
hasDiscipline	astronomy ⓘ cosmology ⓘ history of music ⓘ history of science ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ music theory ⓘ
hasInterpretation	metaphor for the unity of the cosmos ⓘ spiritual or mystical music underlying reality ⓘ symbolic description of mathematical order in nature ⓘ
hasOriginInTradition	Pythagoreanism ⓘ
hasProperty	based on numerical ratios ⓘ inaudible to human ears in ordinary experience ⓘ links astronomy and music ⓘ links ethics and cosmic order in some interpretations ⓘ
influencedField	Christian scholastic thought ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ Renaissance cosmology ⓘ Western esotericism ⓘ early modern astronomy ⓘ medieval cosmology ⓘ
influencedWork	De institutione musica ⓘ surface form: Boethius's De institutione musica Harmonices Mundi ⓘ surface form: Johannes Kepler's Harmonices Mundi Timaeus ⓘ surface form: Plato's Timaeus
placeOfOrigin	ancient Greece ⓘ
relatedToConcept	Pythagorean doctrine of number as principle of all things ⓘ macrocosm and microcosm analogy ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin	6th century BCE ⓘ

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Pythagoreanism → associatedWith → Pythagorean harmony of the spheres ⓘ

Keplerian cosmology → basedOn → Pythagorean harmony of the spheres ⓘ

Pythagorean harmony of the spheres → hasAlternativeName → Pythagorean harmony of the spheres ⓘ

this entity surface form: musica universalis