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Originally this was written as “Chapter 6 of Book 8” before we corrected it to “Chapter 5 of Book 8” based on this source. Let us know if you find evidence to the contrary. The similar translation goes:
“It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why any one should have a knowledge of it. Shall we say, for the sake of amusement and relaxation, like sleep or drinking, which are not good in themselves, but are pleasant, and at the same time ‘care to cease,’ as Euripides says?”
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