Cleatus Cashew

the harmony. it is formed by unequal intervals, calculated according to perfect proportions, and reproduced by the movement of the spheres. the deep sounds are mingled with the shrill ones, united in ever-changing accords. for these huge movements cannot be accomplished in silence, and nature wants shrill sounds to re-echo at one extremity, and deep ones to emerge from the other. thus, the steliferous world, whose revolution is more rapid, circulates with a precipitated shrill sound, whereas the inferior course of the moon utters a slow and hollow sound. thus, the spheres, produce seven distinct tones; the septenary number is the nucleus of all the exists. and men, who know how to imitate this celestial harmony with the lyre, have traced their way back to this sublime realm; in the same way as others who have by their genius raised themselves to the knowledge of the divine...