 Young (forthcoming) observes that Plato seems elsewhere to reject the Pythagorean view of the soul as harmony (Phaedo, 89–95). On this basis, Young holds that Plato’s view of the ethical benefits of music is best interpreted as simply relying on the music’s imitative capacity. Regardless of what one makes of Plato’s view of the soul as harmony, it is clear that he was influenced by the Pythagorean view of the universe as governed by harmony, especially in the Timaeus.