Adversus Musicos
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Adversus Musicos is an ancient philosophical work, traditionally attributed to Sextus Empiricus, that offers a skeptical critique of the art and theory of music.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient philosophical work
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skeptical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| aimsAt | undermining dogmatic claims about music ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool | Pyrrhonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
art of music
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music ⓘ music theory ⓘ technical expertise in music ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical polemic
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skeptical critique ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Against the Musicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | Adversus Musicos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalStance | skepticism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Adversus Musicos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later discussions in philosophy of music
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scholarship on ancient skepticism ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of works attributed to Sextus Empiricus ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of Sextus Empiricus ⓘ |
| questions |
epistemic status of musical expertise
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truth-claims of musical theory ⓘ usefulness of music ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
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history of ancient philosophy ⓘ history of music theory ⓘ |
| subject |
epistemology
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philosophy of music ⓘ value of the arts ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic philosophy
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Roman Imperial period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Sextus Empiricus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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