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Author Pelosi, Francesco.

Title Plato on music, soul and body / Francesco Pelosi ; translated by Sophie Henderson.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 228 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-212) and indexes.
Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Music and philosophy -- Platos philosophy of mind -- Platos philosophy of music -- A journey through music and philosophy -- Chapter 1 Musical education of sensibility -- Music in early childhood and musical education -- The theory of thos and musical mimesis -- Chapter 2 Moving to music: a therapy for the rational soul -- The alliance of music and soul -- Music for thinking -- Chapter 3 Musical education of rationality -- Harmonics beyond sound -- Moving towards a science of harmony -- Chapter 4 Music in the body and soul -- Acoustic phenomena and perceptive mechanisms -- Sounds and voices in the dialogues -- Physics, physiology and psychology: sound and perception -- Physics, physiology and psychology: concord and perception -- The musicality of the psychic structure -- The soul, harmony of corporeal elements -- The soul, harmony of psychic elements: breaking up and musical reassembly of the psych -- The soul, harmony of Being, Same and Different: musical multiplicity in the rational psych -- Conclusion -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index.
Summary Plato's reflection on the relationship between soul and body has attracted scholars' attention since antiquity. Less noted, but worthy of consideration, is Plato's thought on music and its effects on human beings. This book adopts an innovative approach towards analysing the soul-body problem by uncovering and emphasising the philosophical value of Plato's treatment of the phenomenon of music. By investigating in detail how Plato conceives of the musical experience and its influence on intelligence, passions and perceptions, it illuminates the intersection of cognitive and emotional functions in Plato's philosophy of mind.
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Subject Plato -- Criticism and interpretation.
Plato.
Criticism and interpretation.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism.
Music, Greek and Roman.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Henderson, Sophie.
Other Form: Print version: Pelosi, Francesco. Plato on music, soul and body. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521760454 (OCoLC)610831362
ISBN 9780511918940 (electronic book)
0511918941 (electronic book)
9780511915178 (electronic book)
0511915179 (electronic book)
9780511778391 (electronic book)
0511778392 (electronic book)
9780521760454
0521760453