Augustine says that "goodness" consists in "measure, form, and order."* What are the implications of this for music? To me it seems to shed light on our God-given desire toward order and form in music, and toward being able to have some measure of excellence in music, and in any of the arts, for that matter. Possibly many applications for aesthetics in general . . . hmmm . . . maybe a future article or paper on this.
*This is from a lecture I am currently listening to, entitled "Reason and Faith: Philosophy in the Middle Ages" produced by The Teaching Company; lecturer: Thomas Williams.
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