Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology

(Part of the Wooden Books Series)

by Anthony Ashton, Daud Sutton, Jason Martineau, et al.

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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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Non-Fiction Arts, Music & Photography Geometry History & Criticism History & Philosophy Math Mathematics Music Performing Arts Science

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