Philosophical study of music in ancient Greece and early medieval period
Abstract
Based on the systematic method and the interrelationship of historical and logical principles, music is studied as a phenomenon of intellectual culture and art during the Ancient and Medieval times. The philosophical study of music as a phenomenon begins with the birth of philosophy as a school of free critical thinking. Music was considered as an instrument to educate a citizen-warrior. Music, as the Ancient Greeks believed, in order to bring up the best qualities in a warrior should not be of orgiastic, lyrical nature, or be overly ornamented and sweet. The Pythagorean traditions in crediting music ontological status were preserved. The conclusion is made that it is impossible to precisely determine the following: whether the study of music on the basis of mathematics had led to the origin of Pythagorean ontology, and philosophy along with it, or vice versa. In any case, in the transition from mythological mentality to free scientific and critical thinking observed is the unabated interrelationship between mathematics, theory of music and philosophy.
About the Author
Vladimir I. Kurashov
Kazan State Conservatoire named after N. Zhiganov; Kazan National Research Technological University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Kurashov V.I. Philosophical study of music in ancient Greece and early medieval period. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2017;(5):87-94. (In Russ.)
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