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Harmony of the spheres

The Pythagorean idea that the heavenly bodies move in mathematical proportions that make a celestial music.

Also: music of the spheres

Greek philosophy and Neoplatonism

The Pythagoreans held that the distances and motions of the planets correspond to musical ratios, producing a harmony we do not hear because we have heard it always. Plato’s Republic ends with the sirens singing on the spheres. The idea endured through Kepler.