If Plato had been able to implement his form of aristocracy, what would have happened to art and culture?
Plato doesn't have a place in his aristocracy for artists and musicians. Either you're a leader, an enforcer, or a worker (or a woman). People live and breathe off of music and art, and for Plato to even consider a world without it is crazy!
What Plato didn't know is that listening to certain music while studying can help memorization. Reading music can stimulate the brain in ways many, many other activities cannot. Music can also help reduce stress, or add balance to the life of a hard worker.
What would've happened without music? People would have less opportunities to release their stress, which would be really frustrating. Maybe rebellious clubs would've formed that people would sneak off to in order to take a load off. But this would've caused a lot of conflict between government and society, which could have lead to a multitude of bad occurrences.
Maybe Plato would've revised his aristocracy had he known the importance of music and the arts in human society.
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