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PHILODEM (Pilodnmos) from Gadara (probably the end of the 2nd century BC, Gadara, Syria - circa 30 BC) - other Greek poet and philosopher. Lived ch. arr. in Rome. Being a follower of the materialist philosopher Epicurus, he denied deities. origin of the universe, did not believe in legends about the miraculous effects of music, nor in the Pythagorean harmony of the spheres. In the treatise "On Music" (reached us in fragments), where F. polemicizes with the Stoic Diogenes of Babylon, ethics is rejected. the value of music and its socio-ethical. value. Music, according to F., affects the human soul no more than "food and incense"; she has nothing to do with the gods. The meaning of music is only in sensory influence, it is a product of luxury.