The Sound of Silence: Augustine’s Soundscape for the Christian Empire

Abstract Ancient philosophers sought to tune the soul and society to the musica universalis, the celestial harmony generated by the rational wheelworks of the cosmos. For Romans, this overarching rationality was associated with the rational speech of elite masculinity. Augustine subverts this discou...

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Main Author: Abbott, Philip (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2022, Volume: 76, Issue: 5, Pages: 537-558
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Senses
B City of God
B Silence
B Music
B Sound
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