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It is necessary that every thing which is harmonized, should be generated from that which is void of harmony, and that which is void of harmony from that which is harmonized. ...But there is no difference, whether this is asserted of harmony, or of order, or composition... the same reason will apply to all of these. Citation: Book I, Ch. VI, p. 57. Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristotle (CC BY-SA)Read evidence
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