The Republic, by Plato. Part II.
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The Purgation of the State
The preferring of a palo and his instruments is not at all strange, I said. And so, by the dog of Egypt, we have been unconsciously purging the state,. And we have done wisely, he replied. Next, in order to harmonies, rhythms will naturally follow; they should be subject to the same rules. We are not to seek out complex systems of meter or meters of every kind but rather to discover what rhythms are the expressions of a courageous and harmonious life. To say what these rhythms are will be your duty. You must teach me then, as you have already taught me the harmonics.
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