A few days ago
NewYorkSports

Music Quotes?

What are the significance of the following quotes and what do they have in common thematically?

“Music has the power to unsettle the most fundamental political and social conventions.” -Plato, THE REPUBLIC (360 B.C.)

“The ability of music to touch our very souls is at once its delight and its danger; the nature of the message wrapped in its seductive glamor can be anything at all.” -Phil Lesh, Searching for the Sound (2005)

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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What they have in common is that they stress the great power of music to influence people’s minds and emotions. Plato and Lesh both find this power unsettling and dangerous, since it can be used to convey any message and therefore can be destructive.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
well i would say that the common theme is music.

as far as significance goes, i think that neither of them actually have any.

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A few days ago
bella
haha im doing an essay on these two quotes right now.
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