Kitap 2
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Ath. Well said, my friend. But in, fact, while postures and tunes do exist in music,Music comprises both dance and song (including instrumental accompaniment), whether executed by single performers or by groups (χορεία). The postures are those of the dancer, the tunes those of the singer. which deals with rhythm and harmony, so that one can rightly speak of a tune or posture being rhythmical or harmonious, one cannot rightly apply the choir masters metaphor well-colored to tune and posture; but one can use this language about the posture and tune of the brave man and the coward, and one is right in calling those of the brave man good, and those of the coward bad. To avoid a tediously long disquisition, let us sum up the whole matter by saying that the postures and tunes which attach to goodness of soul or body, or to some image thereof, are universally good, while those which attach to badness are exactly the reverse.
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Clin. Your pronouncement is correct, and we now formally endorse it.
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Ath. Another point:—do we all delight equally in choral dancing, or far from equally?
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Clin. Very far indeed.
