General Music Chat

go see what Plato's Republic says about the effects of music then... I think I read it there..

To the Greeks, men could be made either manly or effeminate. The Socrates character in Plato's The Republic observed that "too much music effeminizes the male";[2] "…when a man abandons himself to music to play upon him and pour into his soul as it were through the funnel of his ears those sweet, soft (malakos), and dirge-like airs of which we were just now speaking…".[3] Music softens the high spirit of a man but too much 'melts and liquifies' that spirit making him into a feeble warrior. For Socrates, the guardians must be trained right "lest the habit for such thrills make them more sensitive and soft (malakoteroi) than we would have them."

Dane - no idea what you are rambling about with all these posts. You should avoid the all-night binges and PWIing!

when the time is right grasshopper, you will understand..

androgyny is the result of mastery of music... you join the two opposing principles into one...you merge the two principles.. LMFAO!! god this is fun! ..

I hear you Dane, you're talking musical alchemy ...

androgyny is the result of mastery of music... you join the two opposing principles into one...you merge the two principles.. LMFAO!! god this is fun! ..

I hear you Dane, you're talking musical alchemy ...

I hear that Mozart was quite the party guy down to the last day... The only thing androgynous about him might have been that yellowed wig he sported, which never got washed

powdered wig?

Dane

you may be on to something. That's I like metal - it's warrior music!

Talbot