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‘ μὲν ἀκοῇ οὐκ ἔκρινεν αὐτὴν τῇ δ᾽ ἀναλογικῇ ἁρμονίᾳ
αὔταρκές τ᾽, ἐνόμιζε τοῦ διὰ πασῶν
στῆσαι τὴν τῆς μουσικῆς ἐπίγνωσιν.’
‘οἱ δὲ νῦν τὸ μὲν κάλλιστον τῶν γενῶν,
ὅπερ μάλιστα σεμνότητα παρὰ τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἐσπουδάζετο, παντελῶς παρῃτήσαντο, ὥστε μηδὲ τὴν τυχοῦσαν ἀντίληψιν τῶν ἐναρμονίων διαστημάτων
τοῖς πολλοῖς ὑπάρχειν:ν: οὕτω δ᾽, ἀργῶζ; διάκεινται καὶ ῥᾳθύμως, ὥστε μηδ᾽ ἔμφασιν νομίζειν παρέχειν
[p. 525] καθ᾽ ὅλου τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν αἴσθησιν πιπτόντων τὴν ἐναρμόνιον δίεσιν, ἐξορίζειν δ᾽ αὐτὴν ἐκ τῶν μελῳδημάτων πεφλυαρηκέναι τε τοὺς δόξαντάς τι περὶ
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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