# Fragmenta 144

Democritus, Fragmenta, Fragment 144. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/democritus/fragmenta/144

— de music. Δ̄ 31 p. 108, 29 Kemke Δ. μὲν τοίνυν, ἀνὴρ οὐ φυσιολογώτατος μόνον τῶν ἀρχαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἱστορουμένων οὐδενὸς ἧττον πολυπράγμων, μουσικήν φησι νεωτέραν εἶναι καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν ἀποδίδωσι λέγων μὴ ἀποκρῖναι τἀναγκαῖον, ἀλλὰ ἐκ τοῦ περιεῦντος ἤδη γενέσθαι.

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Democritus, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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