Music and theoretic awakening from Plato to Augustine

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

doi:10.5040/9798765157350.ch-002

Music and theoretic awakening from Plato to Augustine

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

School of Humanities

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Abstract

The paper offers an overview of the association of music with the celestial harmony of the spheres and its employment in Plato as a state of consciousness for both philosophers and citizens of his ideal city (Magnesia). The adaptation of such views in early Christianity, leading to Augustine's De Musica, is also explored.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Harmony of the Spheres
Subtitle of host publication	ancient and recent perspectives
Editors	Ken Parry, Dean Rickles
Place of Publication	New York ; London ; Dublin
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic
Chapter	2
Pages	33–54
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9798765157367, 9798765157374
ISBN (Print)	9798765157343
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5040/9798765157350.ch-002
Publication status	Published - 2026

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