The Familiar Unknown: On the Essence of a Musical Idea

From a Platonistic perspective, ideas are eternal and unchanging, constituting the foundation of reality. An idea itself does not change; it is a principle, immutable in essence. This approach inherently establishes a hierarchy, valuing the world of ideas—understood as objective truth—over the senso...

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Main Author: Claudio Rozzoni
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
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spelling doaj-art-56eabb6d65914ee0bada2f544e2189be2025-08-20T03:16:35ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872025-06-011036910.3390/philosophies10030069The Familiar Unknown: On the Essence of a Musical IdeaClaudio Rozzoni0Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, University of Milan, Via Noto 6, 20142 Milan, ItalyFrom a Platonistic perspective, ideas are eternal and unchanging, constituting the foundation of reality. An idea itself does not change; it is a principle, immutable in essence. This approach inherently establishes a hierarchy, valuing the world of ideas—understood as objective truth—over the sensory world—seen as deceptive and unstable. Against this backdrop, this paper examines the nature of musical ideas as they emerge from Marcel Proust’s work, exploring their potentially antiplatonistic implications and the philosophical insights they inspired in influential 20th-century thinkers.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/10/3/69creationmusical ideavirtualityPlatonism
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The Familiar Unknown: On the Essence of a Musical Idea
Philosophies
creation
musical idea
virtuality
Platonism
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