TEREZIS, CH. – MARKEA, G. G.: A Platonic Response to the Phenomenon of ‘Mass Culture‘
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Philosophica Critica, vol. 1, 2015, no. 1, ISSN 1339-8970, pp. 37–54
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Abstract: In this article we examined some of the views of Plato on music as they are set out in his treatises, The Republic and The Laws. The analysis does not insist so much on issues of Aesthetics, but attempts to identify how through music one can understand pro-posals for social and political transformation. It is noticed: a) that Plato is strict on the criteria laid down by him for the composition of a musical text, b) that it persists in the value of harmony, which excludes low quality rates and arbitrariness about what is nice, c) that in his view, the music should not satisfy vulgar and superficial tastes, but highlight human spirituality, which will be the counterweight to mass and barbarism.
Key words: Harmony – Dialogue the Laws – Dialogue the State – massification – Music – Education – Plato – Spirituality – Philosophy of Art
Key words: Harmony – Dialogue the Laws – Dialogue the State – massification – Music – Education – Plato – Spirituality – Philosophy of Art