[521e]
“But in our previous account they were
educated in gymnastics and music.1” “They were, he said. “And gymnastics,
I take it, is devoted2 to that which grows and perishes; for it
presides over the growth and decay of the body.3”
“Obviously.” “Then this cannot be the study
1 Cf. 376 E ff.
2 For τετεύτακε Cf. Tim. 90 Bτετευτακότι
3 Cf. 376 E. This is of course no contradiction of 410 C.
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