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Crane, Joseph. "Ptolemy’s Digression: Astrology’s Aspects and Musical Intervals." Culture and Cosmos 11, no. 1 and 2 (2007): 211–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.46472/cc.01211.0221.

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The rationale behind aspects has been relatively unexamined in astrology’s tradition, although much development has occurred over the centuries. This article explores a passage in Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos Book I, Chapter 14. While presenting the different aspect relationships, Ptolemy alludes to musical intervals, in addition to arithmetical relationships. Examining this and similar passages in Ptolemy’s Harmonics and Plato’s Timaeus, this article asserts the importance of specific harmonizing musical intervals to bring together planets, solve the ancient problem of action at a distance, and acco

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Tolsa, Cristian. "Porphyry's Distortion of Ptolemy Harmonics II.1." Phoenix 71, no. 1-2 (2017): 44–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phx.2017.0030.

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Bobo de la Peña, Miguel. "Ptolemy on Sound: Harmonics 1.3 (6.14-9.15 Düring)." Mnemosyne 62, no. 4 (2009): 548–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852509x339897.

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AbstractPtolemy's acoustics develops throughout his Harmonics chapter 1.3. He defines sound as παος αερος πλησσομενου, expressing it—as most authors at the time—in terms of a stroke (πληγη), and thus linking the study of sound attributes to that of the strokes. His tripartite analysis of sound stroke represents an original description of sound production by means of an agent (το πληττον) exciting a medium (το δι' ου η πληγη) which, in turn, stimulates the air (το πληττομενον). However clear Ptolemy's explanation is, a wide consensus on its interpretation has not been reached, since almost eac

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Cristian Tolsa. "Porphyry's Distortion of Ptolemy Harmonics II.1." Phoenix 71, no. 1/2 (2017): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.7834/phoenix.71.1-2.0044.

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Цыпин, В. Г. "О трех главных терминах древнегреческой гармоники". Научный вестник Московской консерватории 16, № 1(60) (2025): 8–19. https://doi.org/10.26176/mosconsv.2025.60.1.01.

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В статье рассматриваются три главных термина древнегреческой науки о гармонии: звук, интервал,система. Они наиболее употребительны в трактатах о музыке и на первый взгляд просты; вместе с тем за ними стоят не вполне однозначные понятия, подчас весьма сложные конфигурации смыслов, не совпадающие у разных авторов — пифагорейцев, Аристоксена, Птолемея. Исследование терминологической системы гармоники по доступным в настоящее время источникам — один из путей к пониманию музыкальной культуры далекого прошлого. The article deals with the three main terms of the ancient Greek study of harmonics: soun

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Tolsa, Cristian. "PTOLEMY, HARMONICS - A. Barker Porphyry's Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics. A Greek Text and Annotated Translation. Pp. viii + 581, figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Cased, £100, US$160. ISBN: 978-1-107-00385-9." Classical Review 66, no. 2 (2016): 392–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009840x16001323.

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Raffa, Massimo. "Ancient Musical Writings as Persuasive Texts." Greek and Roman Musical Studies 9, no. 2 (2021): 271–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22129758-bja10025.

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Abstract This contribution is meant to shed light on how ancient Greek music theorists structure argumentations and address their readership in order to be understandable, effective and persuasive. On the one hand, some of the most important treatises, e.g. Ptolemy’s Harmonics (with Porphyry’s Commentary) and what remains of Archytas’ and Theophrastus’ works, are taken as case studies; on the other hand, the paper deals with some argumentative patterns recurring in harmonics demonstrations, especially with reference to the usage of everyday life experience as evidence supporting acoustic and h

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Solomon, Jon, and Andrew Barker. "Scientific Method in Ptolemy's "Harmonics"." Classical World 96, no. 3 (2003): 329. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4352768.

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Sefrin-Weis, Heike. "Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics (review)." Journal of the History of Philosophy 41, no. 1 (2003): 123–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hph.2002.0110.

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Olson, S. Douglas, and Ineke Sluiter. "An emendation in Porphyry's commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics." Classical Quarterly 46, no. 2 (1996): 596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cq/46.2.596.

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So far am I from rejecting the use of what has been well stated by others, that I would wish that everyone said the same things about the same things and, as Socrates puts it, in the same words, and then there would be no undisputed quarrelling among men about the matters at hand.

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Books on the topic "Harmonics (Ptolemy)"

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Ptolemy. Harmonics. Brill, 2000.

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Porphyry. Commentarius in Claudii Ptolemaei Harmonica. De Gruyter, 2016.

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Solomon, Jon. Harmony in Ptolemy's harmonics. University of New England-Armidale, 1990.

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Solomon, Jon. Ptolemy Harmonics: Translation and Commentary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum). Brill Academic Publishers, 1999.

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Feke, Jacqueline. Ptolemy's Philosophy. Princeton University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691179582.001.0001.

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The Greco-Roman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science. He is remembered today for his astronomy, but his philosophy is almost entirely lost to history. This book reconstructs Ptolemy's general philosophical system—including his metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics—and to explore its relationship to astronomy, harmonics, element theory, astrology, cosmology, psychology, and theology. The book uncovers references to a complex and sophisticated philosophical agenda scattered among Ptolemy's technical studies in the physical and mathematic

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Porphyry's Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics: A Greek Text and Annotated Translation. Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Solomon, Jon. Harmony in Ptolemy"s Harmonics: The Eighth Gordon Athol Anderson Memorial lecture delivered at the Univers. of New England. 1990.

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Barker, Andrew. Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Andrew, Barker. Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics. Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Scientific Method in Ptolemy's 'Harmonics'. Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Book chapters on the topic "Harmonics (Ptolemy)"

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Feke, Jacqueline. "Harmonics and Astronomy." In Ptolemy's Philosophy. Princeton University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691179582.003.0006.

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This chapter analyzes in what ways and to what degree harmonics and astronomy are complementary, particularly with respect to their epistemic efficacy. In Almagest 1.1, Ptolemy claims that mathematics provides sure and incontrovertible knowledge. In his study of harmonics and astronomy, does he maintain this position? Does Ptolemy consider his harmonic and astronomical judgments to be sure and incontrovertible knowledge? It is argued that Ptolemy's Harmonics and Almagest indicate that harmonics does attain this epistemic success, but astronomy does so only in certain respects. How astronomy fa

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Feke, Jacqueline. "Harmonia." In Ptolemy's Philosophy. Princeton University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691179582.003.0005.

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In the Harmonics, Ptolemy reveals that the heavens and human souls share the same formal structure. They are characterized by the same set of ratios, the ones studied by harmonics, the mathematical science that investigates the relations among musical pitches. In other words, harmonic ratios describe the relations among not only musical pitches but also the parts of the human soul and the movements and configurations of heavenly bodies. Moreover, Ptolemy explains why it is that these various objects are characterized by these same ratios. It is because of harmonia. This chapter argues that con

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"Preliminary Material." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_001.

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"Book I." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_002.

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"Book II." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_003.

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"Book III." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_004.

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"Bibliography." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_005.

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"Index of Greek Terms." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_006.

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"Index of Manuscripts and Papyri Cited." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_007.

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"General Index." In Ptolemy Harmonics. BRILL, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004351165_008.

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