Abstract

REDONDO REYES, Pedro. Virtue, Soul and Music: Plat., R., 443d and Later Philosophical Developments. Nova tellus [online]. 2021, vol.39, n.2, pp.37-56.  Epub Oct 04, 2021. ISSN 0185-3058.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.nt.2021.39.2.889.

From his soul-dividing model (through a comparison with music 443d) Plato presents in the Republic the predominance of certain virtues in each part and its political meaning. This idea is later developed by other Greek philosophical schools in imperial time. Plutarch’s commentary on the Platonic passage let us know how Neoplatonists, Neo-Pythagoreans and Stoics have enriched the identification between Soul and Virtue with elements taken from the musical system and from the latestdoctrine on virtues, even establishing links with theory of knowledge.

Keywords : Plato; Republic; Pythagoreanism; Stoicism; Neoplatonism.

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