Not inapposite in this connection is that terrible story that Diderot tells of a eunuch who desired to take lessons in esthetics from a native of Marseilles in order that he might be better qualified to select the slaves destined for the harem of the Sultan, his master.
Hemen ongi sartzen da Diderot-en kontu ikaragarri hura, xikiratuarena, bere jabearen, sultanaren haremerako andre esklabuak hobeki hautatzeko, marseillar batengandik estetika-eskolak hartu nahi izan zituenarena. Lehenbiziko eskolaldian, fisiologikoa, basaki eta haragiro fisiologikoa, xikiratuak, etsirik, hots egin zuen: