Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — "Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting without being awa…"
Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.
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From a letter to Christian Goldbach, discussing the mathematical nature of musical harmony.
Date: 1712
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