See also:

• MUSIC

MUSIC OF THE See also:

• MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

SPHERES  , in See also:

• PYTHAGOREAN

Pythagorean See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, the See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony produced by the heavenly bodies in their orbits, inaudible to human ears . See also:

• PYTHAGORAS
• PYTHAGORAS (6th century B.C.)

Pythagoras (cf . Arist. de .Caelo, ii. g) held that the movements of stars were governed' by fixed See also:

• LAWS

laws which could be expressed in See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers according to the numbers which give the harmony of sounds (see PYTHAGORAS, ad fin.) . It is this theory to which See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare alludes in The See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice (See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act. v. i. seq.: " such harmony is in immortal souls, but ... we cannot hear it ") . According to See also:

• GOMPERZ, THEODOR (1832– )

Gomperz (See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Thinkers, i .