Consequently, in the reflection of the phenomenon and in the gaze of perceptive consciousness, the tonal positions make a movement in space and time, whereas in simultaneity they form harmonious chords as if, in the cochlear area, a double train of waves had been formed, one of whose waves runs longitudinally in time, while the other is transversal and momentary. In the cochlear emergence of this structure, the momentary wave which arises when the simultaneously vibrating tones are heard and which links the various cochlear positions with each other in a single act of perception, has made a synthesis of tonal positions out of the harmony of tones, just as a molecule is a synthesis of atoms. Humans, however, only discovered their musicality and music because they possessed an activity of the soul within themselves for which they felt the need to express in itself. This basic metaphysical position agrees with the fundamental Aristotelian inscription of the essence of music already cited above from the Poetics . Making way Notes 2.
All citations are from the German edition.
The English translations are my own.