One point she makes about those skeptical of any relationship existing (music existing just for music’s sake) is that either they truly believe this or do not having the sufficient tools to describe it. She quickly dismisses the first with the statement of music’s meaning coming from “human beings who live in a human world,” music being a part of the human world. More interestingly, the second part, she attributes to what Wittgenstein states as logic’s unspeakable or indescribable relationship to the world, which translates to Attali’s statement as music being an “instrument for understanding” and the world “for hearing.” She ends with stating that this metaphysical issues leaves those who wish to tackle the problem more dealing with the issue than a solution, and the ultimate request to just stop and
One point she makes about those skeptical of any relationship existing (music existing just for music’s sake) is that either they truly believe this or do not having the sufficient tools to describe it. She quickly dismisses the first with the statement of music’s meaning coming from “human beings who live in a human world,” music being a part of the human world. More interestingly, the second part, she attributes to what Wittgenstein states as logic’s unspeakable or indescribable relationship to the world, which translates to Attali’s statement as music being an “instrument for understanding” and the world “for hearing.” She ends with stating that this metaphysical issues leaves those who wish to tackle the problem more dealing with the issue than a solution, and the ultimate request to just stop and