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ἀποδοκιμάζοιτ᾽ ἂν ὡς ἄχρηστα, παρ᾽ ὅσον οὐδὲν αὐτῶν διὰ συμφωνίας λαβεῖν ἔστι: ταῦτα δ᾽
ἂν εἴη, ὅσα ὑπὸ τῆς ἐλαχίστης διέσεως μετρεῖται περισσάκις, οἷς ἀκολουθεῖν ἀνάγκη καὶ τὸ μηδεμίαν
τῶν τετραχορδικῶν διαιρέσεων χρησίμην εἶναι, πλὴν μόνην ταύτην, δι᾽ ἧς πᾶσιν ἀρτίοις χρῆσθαι διαστήμασι συμβέβηκεν αὕτη δ᾽ ἂν εἵη ἥ τε τοῦ συντόνου καὶ διατόνου καὶ ἡ τοῦ τονιαίου χρώματος.’
‘τὸ δὲ τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγειν τε καὶ ὑπολαμβάνειν,
οὐ μόνον τοῖς φαινομένοις ἐναντιουμένων
ἐστὶν ἀλλὰ καὶ αὑτοῖς μαχομένων. χρώμενοι γὰρ
[p. 526] αὐτοὶ τοιαύταις τετραχόρδων μάλιστα φαίνονται διαιρέσεσιν,
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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