[PDF] Porphyrys Commentary On Ptolemys Harmonics eBook

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,29 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1316239683

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Porphyry's Commentary, the only surviving ancient commentary on a technical text, is not merely a study of Ptolemy's Harmonics. It includes virtually free-standing philosophical essays on epistemology, metaphysics, scientific methodology, aspects of the Aristotelian categories and the relations between Aristotle's views and Plato's, and a host of briefer comments on other matters of wide philosophical interest. For musicologists it is widely recognised as a treasury of quotations from earlier treatises, many of them otherwise unknown; but Porphyry's own reflections on musical concepts (for instance notes, intervals and their relation to ratios, quantitative and qualitative conceptions of pitch, the continuous and discontinuous forms of vocal movement, and so on) and his snapshots of contemporary music-making have been undeservedly neglected. This volume presents the first English translation and a revised Greek text of the Commentary, with an introduction and notes designed to assist readers in engaging with this important and intricate work.

Author : Andrew Barker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521553728

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The science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest it with new scientific rigour; its consistently sophisticated procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of science. This book is a sustained methodological exploration of Ptolemy's project. After an analysis of his explicit pronouncements on the science's aims and the methods appropriate to it, it examines Ptolemy's conduct of his investigation in detail, concluding that despite occasional uncertainties, the declared procedure is followed with remarkable fidelity. Ptolemy pursues tenaciously his novel objective of integrating closely the project's theoretical and empirical phases and shows astonishing mastery of the concept, the design and the conduct of controlled experimental tests. By opening up this neglected text to historians of science, the book aims to provide a point of departure for wider studies of Greek scientific method.

Author : Francesco Pelosi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108936105

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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.

Author : Massimo Raffa
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 27,41 MB
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004362282

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Among the many subjects on which Theophrastus wrote, music is one of the most fascinating, as is testified by the sources discussed in this volume. Although scanty, the material we have—sixteen texts altogether, most of which are indirect testimonies—gives an idea of the originality and modernity of Theophrastus’ thought on music, and makes us regret that we do not know more. Our philosopher conceives of music as something that originates from a movement in the soul caused by passions and comes into existence through the body. Accordingly, he is interested in performance—i.e. the way in which musical expression is brought to the listener—and its effects on the soul and the body—e.g. musical therapy.

Author : Jon Solomon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,42 MB
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004351167

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Ptolemy's comprehensive treatises on astronomy and geography were influential for nearly two millennia. Equally influential was his treatise on harmonics, the ancient science which combined and brought to completion the study of philosophy and science. This volume offers a comprehensive English translation and commentary of Ptolemy's Harmonics. The treatise begins with Ptolemy's study of pitches and intervals, for which he extracts both an idealized musical scale and a new acoustical tool. After discussing modulation, he expands his horizons by applying musical intervals to the human soul and celestial bodies, ultimately describing a cosmic harmony. The English translation faithfully reproduces Ptolemy's style and includes all the charts surviving in the manuscript tradition. The commentary offers a full exegesis of the text, loci paralleli, and citations of modern scholarly sources.

Author : David Creese
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0521843243

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Traces the history of the monochord from its earliest appearance to Claudius Ptolemy (mid-second century AD).

Author : Andrew Barker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 34,3 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521616972

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Vol. 1: The musician an d his art ; vol. 2: Harmonic and acoustic theory

Author : Chris Brennan
Publisher : Amor Fati Publications
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 49,77 MB
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0998588903

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Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was practiced in the Mediterranean region from approximately the first century BCE until the seventh century CE. It is the source of many of the modern traditions of astrology that still flourish around the world today, although it is only recently that many of the surviving texts of this tradition have become available again for astrologers to study. Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune is one of the first comprehensive surveys of this tradition in modern times. The book covers the history, philosophy, and techniques of ancient astrology, with a special focus on demonstrating how many of the fundamental concepts underlying the practice of western astrology originated during the Hellenistic period.