Musica in the world sould a treatise of st.

Augustine
Augustines treatise De Musica discusses music as a liberal art. The treatise, divided into six books,
focuses on the musical theoretical aspects of metrics and rhythmics. The first five books were written
prior to his conversion to Christianity. The treatise does not discuss music performance but, rather,
music as a speculative science. Augustine was concerned with the philosophical and mathematical
principles integral to enjoying music. His belief, as was common during the time, was that music
affected the soul and, thus, could influence and determine the ethics, actions and morals of humans.