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There are sayings from Socrates and Confucius, showing they had great respect of music. But were there philosophers who had the opposite views toward music?

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    While Plato was not altogether against music, he did insist that it be played in two only modes, which he considered character building; Ionian and Dorion. –  Aug 06 '20 at 22:12
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    it depends on how you define "philosopher". There are many religious figures around the world who consider certain types of music to be evil or of the devil... – niels nielsen Aug 06 '20 at 22:43
  • @niels nielsen any philosopher who don't prohibit music because of religious taboos. – R S Aug 07 '20 at 02:38
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    Adorno famously hated the jazz music of his era. But he was, I think, also into twelve-tone serialism, so maybe an odd example... You might find The Dialectic of Pop interesting. – Joseph Weissman Aug 10 '20 at 22:10

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