Some notes about Plato
These are personal feeling about the great man.
Possibly, the greatest Philosopher who ever lived.
But I think this can impact you life and may even make your music better.
Plato is one of the greats
Are his ideas relevant today ? And could he help me make better music ?
Plato lived in ancient
Greece and belongs to its classical period. He was born into an
aristocratic and influential family in Athens.
Along with his teacher Socrates and his student, Aristotle, Plato is possibly one of the pillars of Western civilization.
His biggest contribution is the theory of forms or doctrine of ideas.
This asserts that the physical world is not the real world. He said that true reality exists beyond our physical world in the world of ideas.
His most famous books are the Republic, The symposium, and The apology of Socrates.
1. Get started
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
If you are suffering from writers block, just turn on your DAW, or the synth.
Start something.
Acknowledging the importance of beginning a task is important.
2. Conquer yourself.
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
Understand your strengths and weaknesses to take control of your destiny.
Do not let your instincts and desires dictate your actions.
If you want to loose weight, you need to understand your weakness, in order to
overcome and achieve a positive outcome.
3. Hard Work
Don't be lazy
“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;
they came by work.”
Without struggle, there is no progress.
4. Being angry solves nothing
A person should never be angry at what they can help and what they can not.
Anger is a negative emotion, which we should avoid.
Usese reason instead. Calmly evaluate a situation.
5. Quality over quantity
“Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.”
Do a great EP or single, rather than a mediochre Album.
Don't be lazy
“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;
they came by work.”
Without struggle, there is no progress.
4. Being angry solves nothing
A person should never be angry at what they can help and what they can not.
Anger is a negative emotion, which we should avoid.
Usese reason instead. Calmly evaluate a situation.
5. Quality over quantity
“Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.”
Do a great EP or single, rather than a mediochre Album.
6. Surround yourself with positive people.
"people like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person, or
they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die".
This also applies to the bigger question of choosing your life partner.
"Each of us then is a matching half of a human whole. And each of us is always seeking the half that matches".
Find your soul-mate.
7. choose your words carefully
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
8. Be kind and generous.
Offer your skills, advice, and service to others.
9. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
“Life must be lived as play.”
10. Drop the ego.
Realise, that you don't know everything.
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
If you know nothing, you have everything to learn.
So be willing to learn from others:
"he who is not a good servant will not be a good master".
11. Be wary of what others say about you , and what you tell the world about yourself.
“Those who tell the stories rule society.”
This is especially true today with social media.
Influencers, will try to change your perception of the world. This can be positive or negative.
What you tell the world about yourself is impt.
The story you tell about your reality becomes your reality.
Even if it's false, you might start to believe it.
12. Be content and grateful with what you have.
"The greatest wealth is to live content(ly) with little".
.... or to be happy with little.
We need food, shelter, clothing. They are the essentials.
I don't have to have a expensive car, or designer clothes to be happy.
Don't be resentful of people with these expensive things.
You don't really know if they are happier than you.
They may have debt problems, marriage issues, drug dependency.
We chase the material things in life, but these things will not make us any happier.
Instead, the treadmill of "keeping up with the Jones" adds stress to your life.
Buying a Jupiter 8, won't make my music significantly better, either.
“Those who tell the stories rule society.”
This is especially true today with social media.
Influencers, will try to change your perception of the world. This can be positive or negative.
What you tell the world about yourself is impt.
The story you tell about your reality becomes your reality.
Even if it's false, you might start to believe it.
12. Be content and grateful with what you have.
"The greatest wealth is to live content(ly) with little".
.... or to be happy with little.
We need food, shelter, clothing. They are the essentials.
I don't have to have a expensive car, or designer clothes to be happy.
Don't be resentful of people with these expensive things.
You don't really know if they are happier than you.
They may have debt problems, marriage issues, drug dependency.
We chase the material things in life, but these things will not make us any happier.
Instead, the treadmill of "keeping up with the Jones" adds stress to your life.
Buying a Jupiter 8, won't make my music significantly better, either.
Just remember,
Most of the stuff that you own, you don’t need. Happiness does not come
from owning an array of possessions; it comes from within, from a deep
sense of contentment with your life.
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