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    Aristotle, Politics

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    [1342b][1] echei gar tên autên dunamin hê phrugisti tôn harmoniôn hênper aulos en tois organois: amphô gar orgiastika kai pathêtika: [dêloi d' hê poiêsis]. pasa gar bakcheia kai pasa hê toiautê kinêsis [5] malista tôn organôn estin en tois aulois, tôn d' harmoniôn en tois phrugisti melesi lambanei tauta to prepon. hoion ho dithurambos homologoumenôs einai dokei Phrugion. kai toutou polla paradeigmata legousin hoi peri tên sunesin tautên, alla te kai hoti Philoxenos encheirêsas en [10] têi dôristi poiêsai [dithurambon] tous Musous ouch hoios t' ên, all' hupo tês phuseôs autês exepesen eis tên phrugisti tên prosêkousan harmonian palin. peri de tês dôristi pantes homologousin hôs stasimôtatês ousês kai malista êthos echousês andreion. eti de epei to meson men tôn huperbolôn epainoumen [15] kai chrênai diôkein phamen, hê de dôristi tautên echei tên phusin pros tas allas harmonias, phaneron hoti ta Dôria melê prepei paideuesthai mallon tois neôterois.

    eisi de duo skopoi, to te dunaton kai to prepon: kai gar ta dunata dei metacheirizesthai mallon kai ta preponta hekastous. [20] esti de kai tauta hôrismena tais hêlikiais, hoion tois apeirêkosi dia chronon ou rhaidion aidein tas suntonous harmonias, alla tas aneimenas hê phusis hupoballei tois têlikoutois. dio kalôs epitimôsi kai touto Sôkratei tôn peri tên mousikên tines, hoti tas aneimenas harmonias apodokimaseien [25] eis tên paidian, hôs methustikas lambanôn autas, ou kata tên tês methês dunamin, bakcheutikon gar hê ge methê poiei mallon, all' apeirêkuias. hôste kai pros tên esomenên hêlikian, tên tôn presbuterôn, dei kai tôn toioutôn harmoniôn haptesthai kai tôn melôn tôn toioutôn, eti [30] d' ei tis esti toiautê tôn harmoniôn hê prepei têi tôn paidôn hêlikiai dia to dunasthai kosmon t' echein hama kai paideian, hoion hê ludisti phainetai peponthenai malista tôn harmoniôn. dêlon oun hoti toutous horous treis poiêteon eis tên paideian, to te meson kai to dunaton kai to prepon.

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    Aristotle. ed. W. D. Ross, Aristotle's Politica. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1957.
    OCLC: 29604983


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