How the ordering of the sensible world continues to suggest a reality that no notes or letters can fully transcribe.
An ancient tradition holds that Pythagoras discovered the secrets of harmony within a forge when he came across five men hammering with five hammers, producing a wondrous sound.
Four of the five hammers stood in a marvelous set of proportions, harmonizing; but there was also a fifth hammer.
Pythagoras saw and heard it, but he could not measure it; nor could he u.
Zone Books The fifth hammer: pythagoras and the disharmony of the world, hardcover/daniel heller-roazen
