In Western culture, we associate this practical understanding of music — its relationship to science, aesthetics, education and politics — with the Greeks. A popular internet meme quotes Plato as having said:
Hades is the Greek God and ruler of the Underworld. He is often associated with wealth and agriculture. He is also the son of Cronus and Rhea and the third most powerful Greek god. Unlike his two brothers, his realm cannot be seen by anyone living. The Greeks believe that his name, Ha...
that theJews discoveredphilosophyfromwhomitwas then stolen by theGreeks or others.According to Maimonides, philosophywould seem to beanatural developmentof the use and perfection of the human intellect that would arise in anyculture independentlyofanyother.Philosophywas not stolenfromthe Jews but lost,...