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Denis Diderot

Good music is very close to primitive language.

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Denis Diderot suggests that music shares a deep connection with the earliest forms of human communication, relying on basic sounds and emotions rather than complex words. This means that music can express feelings and ideas in a way that is simple and instinctive, much like the original languages spoken by early humans.

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