“Music directly represents the passion of the soul. If one li…”

“Music directly represents the passion of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.”

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Music directly represents the passion of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person. Citation: Aristotle, Complete works of Aristotle, Vol. I Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristotle (CC BY-SA)

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