On the Harmony of the World (1525) - Page 18

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Finally, how the moon is joined with the Angels.	Ch. XIII.
Again, how the earth accords with the moon.	Ch. XIIII.
How water sounds in harmony with Mercury and Saturn.	Ch. XV.
How air resounds with Jupiter and Venus.	Ch. XVI.
How fire burns with the Sun and Mars.	Ch. XVII.
How stones sing in accompaniment with the heavens.	Ch. XVIII.
That metals do the same, especially with Mars.	Ch. XIX.
Plants respond to the heavens with a livelier sound, especially to Jupiter.	Ch. XX.
Plant-animals original: zoophyta. In early modern science, these were organisms like sponges or corals thought to be midway between plants and animals. sing along with Saturn.	Ch. XXI.
Animals sing in the midst of the starry heaven and the First Mover original: primo mobili. In the geocentric model, the outermost sphere that moves all the inner spheres..	Ch. XXII.
That these same things sing in accompaniment, especially with the super-celestial world.	Ch. XXIII.
Which things in particular accord with Saturn.	Ch. XXIV.
Which things harmonize with Jupiter.	Ch. XXV.
Which things receive strength from Mars.	Ch. XXVI.
Which things sing together with the Sun or Phoebus Phoebus is a classical name for the Sun god Apollo..	Ch. XXVII.
Which things find delight with Venus.	Ch. XXVIII.
Which things sound in harmony with Mercury.	Ch. XXIX.
How all these things bring about a perfected consonance of harmony with the moon.	Ch. XXX.
Which things in particular resonate with certain specific stars.	Ch. XXXI.
How beautifully all these things are depicted in the Ark referring to the Ark of the Covenant, which Moses fashioned according to the heavenly oracle.	Ch. XXXII.
With what great mystery all the enneads groups of nine meet in their tenth.	Ch. XXXIII.

OF THE FIFTH TONE


C Why that first description is made by Plato using the number twenty-seven.	Ch. First
Which intervals of that same number can be filled, and which cannot.	Ch. II.
Why this arrangement is reduced to larger numbers.	Ch. III.
Why it is further reduced to the largest numbers.	Ch. IIII.
Why, in a description of this kind, Plato used the diatonic scale The three "genera" mentioned here—diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic—refer to the different ways of tuning a musical scale in ancient Greek theory. more than the chromatic and enharmonic.	Ch. V.
By what marvelous craftsmanship those three groups of nine—which complete their cube 3 cubed (3x3x3) is 27., namely twenty-seven—are contained in the first of all creatures, which the Hebrews call movements Hebrew: tenu'ot (תנועות). In this philosophical context, it likely refers to the primary impulses or vibrations of the created soul..	Ch. VI.
That the same number, and in the same order, is contained in the higher realms by a certain super-excellent power.	Ch. VII.