For this purpose, music, which influences the mind by means of the corporeal organs, was extremely proper. It is a kind of medium between manly exercises, which harden the body, and speculative sciences, which are apt to render us unsociable and sour.
Musika, gorputzeko organoetatik iristen baitzaio izpirituari, oso egokia zen horretarako. Erdigune bat da, gizakiak gogortzen dituzten gorputz-ariketen eta basati bihurtzen dituzten espekulazio-zientzien artean.