Pythagoras conceived the universe to be an immense monochord, with its single string connected at its upper end to absolute spirit and at its lower end to absolute matter--in other words, a cord stretched between heaven and earth.
I post this in a kind of poetical note, but is kind of interesting that one of the founders of geometry had such a high ranking for music.
I'm going to tackle this subject tomorrow as to not leave a passing comment, but here is a theory your comment reminded me of:
http://awakeningtimes.com/the-pythagorean-theory-of-music/
Pythagoras conceived the universe to be an immense monochord, with its single string connected at its upper end to absolute spirit and at its lower end to absolute matter--in other words, a cord stretched between heaven and earth.
I post this in a kind of poetical note, but is kind of interesting that one of the founders of geometry had such a high ranking for music.
Pythagoras was a grandmaster so that's natural.