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Sect, ation os the World, preserved by Plato ; and the? VII. following are Testimonies of Diodorus the Sicilian, and of Aristotle concerning him and his Scholar Mujaus : P. 90- W 0/*. ^ AndTcthys,Jprungsrom the same Mother, lov'd, Plato. 90. (b) ' For according to Musxus, " To stng is the ' s>i- (d) " Delight of Men." Aristotle. /*; ' He (Orpheus) composed that Poem which is ibid- (e) ' so much admired ; and which is allowed to ' excel in vocal Harmony.' Diodorus. Aid (d) His remains, when gathered all together, were called the Orphic Poems : ' In those Pieces cal' led the Orphic Poems,' fays Aristotle Book 1. of the Soul. 9U (e) Of one are all things made, and into one 92. (g) are they all to be rejolved;—was the first Prin ciple of Mujœus's Philosophy. Laertius. ^ Æ W

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