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page 1Pythagorean philosophy
monad
philosophical concept
golden mean
perfect moderation
Harmonices Mundi
book by Johannes Kepler
monochord
275px|thumb|A string, tied at A, is kept in tension by W, a suspended weight, and two bridges, B and the movable bridge C, while D is a pulley|freely moving wheel, density may be tested by using different strings
musica universalis
ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies as a form of music
Mathesis universalis
hypothetical universal science modeled on mathematics
Pythagorean astronomical system
system
dyad
title used by the Pythagoreans for the number two, representing the principle of "twoness" or "otherness"
mathematicism
Mathematicism is 'the effort to employ the formal structure and rigorous method of mathematics as a model for the conduct of philosophy', or the epistemological view that reality is fundamentally mathematical. The term has been applied to a number of philosophers, including Pythagoras and René Descartes although the term was not used by themselves.