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The Thoughts of Harmony in Ancient Greek Philosophy

Gao Bing-jiang

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One and many——the core question of ancient Greek philosophy,brought the concern of the question of harmnoy to the fore.The Thoughts of Harmony manefested in Pythagoras as harmony of numbers,in Heraclitus as opposite of conflicts,in Parmenides as order of language,in Socrates' dialectics as dynamic harmony,in Plato as harmony of soul,and in Aristotle as golden mean.There also appeared the concern of harmony of varieties,dynamic harmony and innner harmony,which are still of great value nowadays.

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One and many——the core question of ancient Greek philosophy,brought the concern of the question of harmnoy to the fore.The Thoughts of Harmony manefested in Pythagoras as harmony of numbers,in Heraclitus as opposite of conflicts,in Parmenides as order of language,in Socrates' dialectics as dynamic harmony,in Plato as harmony of soul,and in Aristotle as golden mean.There also appeared the concern of harmony of varieties,dynamic harmony and innner harmony,which are still of great value nowadays.

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One and many——the core question of ancient Greek philosophy,brought the concern of the question of harmnoy to the fore.The Thoughts of Harmony manefested in Pythagoras as harmony of numbers,in Heraclitus as opposite of conflicts,in Parmenides as order of language,in Socrates' dialectics as dynamic harmony,in Plato as harmony of soul,and in Aristotle as golden mean.There also appeared the concern of harmony of varieties,dynamic harmony and innner harmony,which are still of great value nowadays.

Key concepts: Harmony (color), Soul, Philosophy, SOCRATES, Dialectic, Aesthetics, Epistemology, Literature

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