Music and philosophy in the Roman Empire / edited by Francesco Pelosi, Federico M. Petrucci.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pelosi, Francesco, editor.

Petrucci, Federico M., 1985- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--To 500--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Music and philosophy--History--To 500.

Music and philosophy.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 355 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Is music just matter of hearing and producing notes? And is it of interest just to musicians? By exploring different authors and philosophical trends of the Roman Empire, from Philo of Alexandria to Alexander of Aphrodisias, from the rebirth of Platonism with Plutarch to the last Neoplatonists, this book sheds light on different ways in which music and musical notions were made a crucial part of philosophical discourse. Far from being mere metaphors, notions such as harmony, concord and attunement became key philosophical tools in order to better grasp and conceptualise fundamental notions in philosophical debates from cosmology to ethics and from epistemology to theology. The volume is written by a distinguished international team of contributors.

Contents:

Introduction / Francesco Pelosi and Federico Maria Petrucci

Scala Naturae and Music : Two Models in Philo's Thought / Carlos Lévy

Music and Plutarch's Platonic Cosmos / Bram Demulder

The Harmoniser God. Harmony as a Cosmological Model in Middle Platonist Theology / Federico M. Petrucci

Alexander of Aphrodisias and Musical Models for Ontological Enquiries / Laura M. Castelli

How to Resist Musical Dogmatism : the Aim and Methods of Pyrrhonian Inquiry in Sextus Empiricus' 'Against the Musicologists' (Math. VI) / Máté Veres

Shifting Epistemological Perspectives in Ptolemy's 'Harmonics' : from the Science of Sound to the Study of Music / Andrew Barker

Musical Imagery in Clement of Alexandria and Origen : the Greek Musical World Revised and Accepted / Francesco Pelosi

Plotinus on Music, Rhythm, and Harmony / Alexandra Michalewski

Porphyry's 'Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics' : Questions of Philosophic and Scientific Identity / Harold Tarrant

The Music of the Virtues in Late Ancient Platonism / Dominic O'Meara

Harmonics as Theological Paradigm in Proclus / Stephen Gersh

Calcidius on Cosmic Harmony / Christina Hoenig

Harmonia in Philoponus' 'Commentary on Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic' / Giovanna R. Giardina.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Dec 2020).

ISBN:

1-108-93610-5

1-108-93633-4

1-108-93575-3