Aristotle and the Pedagogic Function of Aesthetic Pleasure

In this article I intend to analyze the pedagogic function of aesthetic pleasure in the philosophy of Aristotle. In the Politics he says that music has a pedagogic value in order to achieve some emotive dispositions and a right character, precisely because of the pleasure of melody. How is this possible? In the tenth book of the Nicomachean Ethics he links pleasure with the perfection of cognitive activities, sensation and intellectual knowledge. It is necessary to connect aesthetic pleasure with the emotions and with the contemplation of the work of art, in order to know how it helps to educate the character. Although the main function of the work of art is enjoyment, aesthetic pleasure can help to achieve the right dispositions and to learn good models of conduct in a process of intellectual and emotional self-understanding.