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title: Aristotle on Music Education
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# [Aristotle on Music Education](https://www.kouroshdini.com/the-dini-group-ltd-blog/aristotle-on-music-education)

 Written by [Kourosh](https://www.kouroshdini.com/the-dini-group-ltd-blog/author/kourosh) | Feb 14, 2011 5:00:04 PM

 

 

### *“Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”*

### - Aristotle

 

 

If ever there were a discipline that integrated the unconscious and emotional aspects of the mind with the intellectual and physical movement it would be music (and likely dance, too, though I cannot say from personal experience). It is too often neglected as part of the educational curriculum.

 

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