music of the spheres

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A perfectly harmonious music, inaudible on the earth, thought by Pythagoras and later classical and medieval philosophers to be produced by the movement of celestial bodies.

music of the spheres

(Philosophy) the celestial music supposed by Pythagoras to be produced by the regular movements of the stars and planets

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music of the spheres - an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial

euphony, music - any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"

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