Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology
(Part of the Wooden Books Series)
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The quadrivium-the classical curriculum-comprises the four liberal arts of number, geometry, music, and cosmology. It was studied from antiquity to the Renaissance as a way of glimpsing the nature of reality. Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and cosmology expresses number in space and time. Number, music, and geometry are metaphysical truths: life across the universe investigates them; they foreshadow the physical sciences. Quadrivium...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0802778135
ISBN13:9780802778130
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Walker & Company
Length:409 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.2" x 7.5"
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