This event is in the past.It took place on March 31, 2026 at Fisher Center at Bard.




Professor Daniel Newsome unpacks Plato's wild idea that the universe itself is a kind of music, and the two-millennium obsession that followed to make the cosmos harmonically "fit." A brain-tickling evening for anyone curious where math, philosophy, and music theory collide.
cross-disciplinary lecture
ancient philosophy
music theory
Tips
🎵no musical background needed
Plato's Harmonic Cosmos
Annandale-On-Hudson




Professor Daniel Newsome unpacks Plato's wild idea that the universe itself is a kind of music, and the two-millennium obsession that followed to make the cosmos harmonically "fit." A brain-tickling evening for anyone curious where math, philosophy, and music theory collide.
cross-disciplinary lecture
ancient philosophy
music theory
Tips
🎵no musical background needed
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