Chrysippus' lullaby: the early Stoics on the benefits of mousikē.

This article explores the scope and significance of the Stoic commitment to the view that mousikē is morally beneficial. The idea that mousikē can have such a purpose, which I call aesthetic functionalism, is not uniquely Stoic, but I argue that the Stoics do have a distinctive formulation of this v...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 38 - 54
Main Author: Čelkytė, Aistė
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Dec2024
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