Tag Archives: Socrates

A Third Reason Why Philosophy is The Best and Most Noble Music

Posted on April 13, 2013 by marklangley

Let’s see if we can make this argument quickly and effectively! We have given two reason why Socrates said that “Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music.” We now present a third. Maybe there are more than three? But … Continue reading →

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ὡς φιλοσοφίας μὲν οὔσης μεγίστης μουσικῆς

Posted on April 9, 2013 by marklangley

Well, its time to give one more reason to support Socrates when he said that Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music Otherwise I might forget it and then where will we be? As we mentioned, one reason that … Continue reading →

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The First Reason Why Philosophy Is The Best And Noblest Music

Posted on April 7, 2013 by marklangley

The first reason why philosophy is the best and noblest music is taken from what music shares with all the fine arts but has in a preeminent degree. All the fine arts are works of reason. (I prefer to say that … Continue reading →

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“The noblest and best music”

Posted on April 6, 2013 by marklangley

In light of the prior post we really can’t avoid asking the question “for what reasons did Socrates say that philosophy is the noblest and best of music?” (Socrates…I guess it must be Socrates, or at least a bust of … Continue reading →

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The Hidden Harmony Is Better Than The Apparent Harmony.

Posted on April 4, 2013 by marklangley

One of Plato’s teachers was Cratylus who in turn was a disciple of Heraclitus who was the author of the title of this post: “The hidden harmony is better than the apparent harmony.” Not surprisingly the central character in Plato’s … Continue reading →

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