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Rationalist Metaphysics / Philosophy of MusicGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

The philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz believed that music is 'the hidden arithmetic exercise of a soul unconscious that it is calculating' — that when we feel moved by a piece...

Is there a piece of music that has ever made you feel something you'd call sacred — and what would change about that...

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