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Excerpt from The Director, 1807, Vol. 2: A Weekly Literary Journal
Tan very curious fragment of Philos; demus, the fourth book Of his work on Music, which has been published from a ms. Found at Herculaneum proves that the Epicureans were great sceptics, with regard to the then generally ac knowledged powers of Music. His first chapter, as divided by the modern edi tor, has, for its title the assertion, that Music has no powerto inform the mind-t. He seems to be equally an infidel respect ing its religious uses, and the tales which history or tradition then recorded of its, wonders, as employed by Thales, Ter pander, and others. But the Epicureans, like other sceptics, went too far, and doubted, not only what was really pro blematical, like the tales in question, but also facts, which reason can solve, and. Observation will always confirm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
