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33. Transitus (note 6), 25. 34. "Aristry and fine-tuning," Schroder-Sheker aptly notes, "are spiritual as well as technical metaphors" (Transitus, 61). If we are to take the ancient sources seriously, they should not be regarded as mere metaphors. There is an objective reality to "fine- tuning," just as there is to harmonia and eurythmia. 35. Republic, 401c. The translations are from Plato: Complete Works, ed. John Cooper (Indianapolis: Hackett, 1977), 1038. 36. Republic, 401d. 37. Republic, 401e. 38. See Republic, 500c. 39. Laws, 653c d. The translation is from Plato: Complete Works, 1344. 40. A version of this talk was delivered at the conference, Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, College of the Holy Cross, October 18–21, 2002. I am grateful to my respondents, particularly Joanna Ziegler, for many helpful comments. I owe deep thanks to Patricia Snyder for teaching me what the making of music truly involves, and why it matters that it be "well-made." I would also like to thank Prof. Paul Minear and Gladys Minear, whose Vermont cottage provided the setting that inspired these thoughts. Christopher A. Dustin is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross. He studied philosophy at Yale as an undergraduate, and earned his Ph. D., also from Yale, in 1991. He has lectured and published work on the foundations of ethics, ancient philosophy, and the philosophy of art and architecture. His most recent book, co-authored with Joanna Ziegler, is entitled Practicing Mortality:Art, Philosophy and Contemplative Seeing, and is forthcoming from St. Martin's Press. Along with his philosophical pursuits, Professor Dustin is an avid (amateur) musician. |
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