Guicciardini, Niccolò (Author)
Journal of the History of Ideas
Volume: 74, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 45-67
The article explores the interrelationship between music theory with optics and cosmology in the writings of English polymath Sir Isaac Newton. The historiography of Pythagorean philosophical traditions espoused by philosophers including Pythagoras, Plato, and Euclid is noted. Newton's writings considered include his 1665 manuscript ``Of Musick', as well as his books "Principia," "Classical Scholia," and "Opticks." Notable seventeenth-century scientists also discussed include Robert Hooke, Henry Oldenburg, and Robert Boyle.
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