The Meaning of Music

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW97402838 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW97402838 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">What does music mean?</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">M</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">ost</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">people today,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">without realizing it or giving much of a second thought, think of music and art</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">along</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">the</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">lines</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">of</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">18th-century</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">philosopher</span></span> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW97402838 BCX4" href= "https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/beauty/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW97402838 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">David Hume</span></span></a><span class= "TextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">, who wrote</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">:</span></span><span class= "EOP SCXW97402838 BCX4" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW97402838 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW97402838 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW97402838 BCX4">Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. One person may even</span> <span cla