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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.13.9
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Ἀλλὰ προωμολόγηται, ἔφη, μηδὲν μᾶλλον μηδ᾽ ἧττον ἑτέραν ἑτέρας ψυχὴν ψυχῆς εἶναι. Τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐστὶ τὸ ὁμολόγημα, μηδὲν μᾶλλον μηδ᾽ ἐπὶ πλέον μηδὲ ἧττον, μηδ᾽ ἐπὶ ἔλαττον ἑτέραν ἑτέρας ἁρμονίαν ἁρμονίας εἶναι; ἦ γάρ; - Πάνυ γε. - Τὴν δέ γε μηδὲν μᾶλλον μηδὲ ἧττον ἁρμονίαν οὖσαν μηδὲ μᾶλλον μηδὲ ἧττον ἡρμόσθαι· ἔστιν οὕτως; - Ἔστιν. - Ἡ δὲ μήτε μᾶλλον μήτε ἧττον ἡρμοσμένη ἐστὶν ὅτι πλέον ἢ ἔλαττον ἁρμονίας μετέχει, ἢ τὸ ἴσον; - Τὸ ἴσον.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 104913.9 · Equal participation in harmony
“But it has already been agreed,” he said, “that one soul is neither more nor less a soul than another. Does that agreement mean that one harmony is neither more nor greater, neither less nor smaller, as a harmony, than another? Is that right?”
“Certainly.”
“And what is neither more nor less a harmony is neither more nor less attuned. Is that so?”
“It is.”
“And does what is neither more nor less attuned participate in harmony to any greater or smaller degree, or equally?”
“Equally.”1319
Socrates
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