On: Marin Mersenne on the Consolation of Sad Music

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In fact, we usually believe that only sentient beings can express emotions. Given that works of music are not sentient, emotions cannot be expressed in them. However, many scholars have recently begun to show renewed interest in organicist cosmology, in which objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

Suggest avoid.

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That's a fantastical explanation for humans just fetishizing stimuli as being real (map vs. territory). Which is a close enough approximation for most practical purposes.

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Was my first thought, too, but the writing improves later on