Motif
harmony of cosmos and life imaged by music
harmony_of_cosmos_and_life_imaged_by_music
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Musical and part-whole models of harmony. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 7392-7476 confidence: high
Plato transfers the notion of music from harmony of sounds to harmony of life, aided by language and Pythagorean notions.
The passage says the harmony of music gives a lively image of the harmonies of the world and human life.
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