Philosophy of music

his early years but usually traveled with father while he was on his trades. He was significantly influenced by his three teachers Pherekydes, Thales and Anaximander. It is because of his three instructors Pythagoras became intrigued to philosophy, astronomy, music and of course…

I grew generous with my attention, and embraced their philosophy that a stranger is just a friend you have not met yet. I arrived starved for genuine human connection, and left craving more of it. I appreciate these spirited souls for splashing color back into my increasingly grey and mundane world. The brevity…

Gods; the God of light, spring or youth, medicine and the art of music and also sometimes identified with the sun. He is a son of Zeus and one of the twelve main Gods. The adjective Apollonian was first used by the German philosopher F. W. J. Schelling and later by another German philosopher, F. Nietzsche, who explains it further in combination with the adjective Dionysian in his book “The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music” in the year 1872. In most cases, the word Apollonian is…

five-act grand opera by Charles Gounod. It is based on a poem written by Johann Von Goethe who wanted to use his work as the philosophy of human life. Faust originally was a Polish legend about a doctor selling his soul to the devil to experience the pleasures of life. Taking the idea of legend, Goethe transformed it to a poem, which he used to make connections about philosophy and religion. Around this time many literary, musical, and pantomimes were released depicting the legend of Faustus…

album and become rich was extremely unethical. He became greedy so he found an easy way out. He wanted money and did not care what genre of music he played. He used the Christian hard rock following to his advantage because he lied to them by telling them his lyrics came from his heart. He also used them in order to get them to buy his CDs and listen to his music because he lied to them. It was immoral because he used their trust and lied to them in order to become a popular artist. The boys…

What was his Beliefs Despite his relations to Plato and Socrates, Aristotle was more empirically- minded than Plato or Socrates and believed that in the purposefulness of education. According to Socrates and Plato, “the aim of education is to attain knowledge.” It was their belief that it was necessary both for the interest of the individual and the society, therefore it was virtue by itself. Aristotle however, believed that the aim of education was not only to attain knowledge but also to…

The SAI Florence program I am hoping to attend in the spring runs from January 24th to May 12th at Florence University of the Arts. Tuition is $12,995 and includes housing, in either an apartment shared with other SAI students or a homestay, and many excursions including hikes, cooking lessons, day trips, biking tours, sporting events, and theatre performances around Italy. The program application deadline is November 1st. At the airport on the day of arrival students are met by an ISA…

In Badiou’s translation of Plato’s Republic chapters, 4 and 5 discuss the disciplines of the mind and body. In chapter 4 Badiou discusses the philosophy of education; the importance of scientific, artistic, and literary disciplines of the mind. He mentions the significance of having the basics, music, and literature as the foundation of the mind. In chapter 5 Badiou discusses the disciplines of the body; the importance of nutrition, medicine, and physical education. He also emphasizes that a…

peculiarity and the individuality of the existence of man in the Iqbalian philosophy. Thus, the second view that Nirvāna is the extinction of the total human existence also goes against the Iqbalian Views of man. Thus, we have seen that the attainment of the Nirvāna is the ultimate aim of man in the Buddhist philosophy of man. But the question what is the means for the attainment of the Nirvāna prescribed in the Buddhist philosophy. How does a man attain the Nirvāna in life? In reply it…

clear what philosophy and academic thinking are, where and when Plato lived, what his ideas where and how people reacted and perhaps still react. Furthermore, a reflection on his ideas will be given as well as my view on his beliefs. Philosophy The definition of philosophy is already contained in the word philosophy itself. In Greek, philo means love or devotion and sophia means wisdom. Philosophy literally means “Love of wisdom.” Philosophers are thus people devoted to wisdom. Philosophy is an…