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Previous chapter Pulse Rhythm as Part of a Mind-Body Identity Theory? – Galen Let us now turn towards the philosophical correlates of this change in the theory of rhythm. To get a clearer picture we need to come back first to the use of its musical counterpart—the concept of harmony—in philosophy. The comparison of the soul with musical harmony, which most probably originates in Heraclitus and Pythagoras, is exposed by Simmias - Médecine – Nouvel article