Plato's Republic

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   Music and justice have a complex relationship for Plato. To be specific, both should be produced by a kind of divine proportion; the same fundamental rightness and relationships that makes music harmonious should also describe the relationship of thoughts, actions, and decisions in a just society. However, since Plato thought music could incite people to unseemly and even animalistic behavior, he would also argue that music could be a disruptive threat to justice.

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   Posted by gbeatty on Tuesday February 19, 2008 at 4:54 PM
   
   

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