Arti musices, Vol. 42 No. 1, 2011.
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The Theory of Ethos and Concept of Paideia in Plato’s and Aristotle’s Thoughts on Music
Monika Jurić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1507-4179
; Hrvatsko narodno kazalište, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The music of ancient Greece had great importance in then-contemporary social life, and that importance becomes particularly evident if we try to compare the function that music had in Antiquity with the one that we attach to it today. The fact that philosophers like Plato and Aristotle dealt with the phenomenon of music in their writings only supports this assertion. Specifically, the theory of ethos has set music above all other arts, marking it the starting point of human character and morality. This impact can be transmitted from the individual to the general, because the process of acquiring habits begins with an individual, but eventually it encompasses society as a whole. Music was crucial in this process, being the most important part of paideia, and thus also the most important part of the theory of ethos. Although Plato and Aristotle both agreed that music constitutes the essential part of paideia, most of their opinions concerning music largely differed.
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