Music is associated not only with speculation but with mora… - Boethius

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Music is associated not only with speculation but with morality. When rhythms and modes reach an intellect through the ear, they doubtless affect and reshape that mind according to their particular character.

Boethius

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Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480–524 CE) was a Roman Christian philosopher, poet, and politician.

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Native Name: Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius • Boetius

Alternative Names: Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius

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Qui serere ingenuum uolet agrum
liberat arua prius fruticibus,
falce rubos filicemque resecat,
ut noua fruge grauis Ceres eat.

O felix hominum genus,
si uestros animos amor
quo caelum regitur regat!

But if you think that life can be prolonged by the breath of mortal fame, yet when the slow time robs you of this too, then there awaits you but a second death.

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