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Aristides Quintilianus was a Greek scientist from the Late Antique period, renowned for authoring the treatise On Music in three volumes—the most comprehensive extant systematic work on music science. His synthesis of earlier philosophies, including those of Aristoxenus, Plato, and Neoplatonists, emphasized music’s role in understanding cosmic laws and ethical education.
His Second Book explores the soul’s structure and music’s educational and ethical dimensions, aligning with Plato’s theory of the soul’s innate knowledge. The first book addresses music’s place among arts/sciences, technical aspects like harmony/rhythm, while the third applies Pythagorean mathematics within Neoplatonic cosmology.
No academic awards or formal students are documented in the text. His work remains foundational for studies on ancient music theory and its philosophical underpinnings.
