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It is said that one day, he wandered by a forge and, hearing a wondrous sound come from within, ventured in to investigate. He found five men hammering with five hammers. To his astonishment, he discovered that four of the five hammers stood in a marvellous set of proportions which, when combined, allowed him to reconstruct the laws of music. But there was also a fifth hammer. Pythagoras saw and heard it, but he could not measure it; nor could he reason its discordant sound. He therefore discarded it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat was this hammer, such that Pythagoras chose so decidedly to reject it? In \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Heller-Roazen lucidly shows how that fabled gesture offers a key for understanding ideas of harmony in the broadest sense of the term. Since antiquity, 'harmony' has been a name for more than a theory of musical sounds; it has constituted a paradigm for the scientific understanding of the sensible world. 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All have suggested that in the contingencies of discourse, there are precious indications to be gleaned, for which special techniques are required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFar Calls\u003c\/em\u003e, Daniel Heller-Roazen reconstructs such arts of detection, interweaving ancient, medieval, and modern examples. 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