AR390 Lecture Notes - Stoicism, Epicureanism, Vincenzo Galilei
28 Nov 2013
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They didn"t leave a record of it. We have depictions of the musical instruments played. Stoicism- reason has to dominate and emotions should not factor in when making decisions- thinking and reason, the golden mean- stay in the middle course, don"t get to happy or to sad. Epicureanism- understands happiness is the general attitude we should have towards life, an extension of stoicism but says get involved in one emotion, that bring happiness. Some of the writings tell us the main point of music is to still (calm) the soul. There might be to much happiness or to much sadness. Lead us back to the middle path. Music is a corrective methodology within stoicism. Music is the method to contain control. Epicureanism- we listen to music to understand how we are supposed to be happy. Music is a reminder of this happiness.
