Music Plays Upon the Human Emotions --- In the Republic Plato writes how a listener can recognize all kinds of emotions, such as “soberness, courage, liberality, and high-mindedness, and ail their kindred and their opposites, too,”.

On the authority of Plato I am persuaded that it follows that when someone listens to music eventually one will tune to its emotional movement and align with the rhythm and act, unconsciously, under its influence.

Source author: John D. Hipsley jhipsley@igc.org