Plato, Laws, Book 12, section 967e

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[967e] necessary preliminary sciences;¹ and he must observe also the connection therewith of musical theory, and apply it harmoniously to the institutions and rules of ethics;² and he must be able to give a rational explanation of all that admits of rational explanation.

1 Cp. Plat. Laws 818a ff.

2 Cp. Plat. Rep. 401d ff, Plat. Rep. 500d ff, Plat. Rep. 531 ff.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 10 & 11 translated by R.G. Bury. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967 & 1968.

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