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satisfied by its beauty, which consists of the di- vine proportion of the limbs united one with an- other, and these compose of themselves and at one time the divine harmony of this union of limbs, and often deprives the gazer of his liberty. Music, again, by its harmonious rhythm, pro- duces the sweet melodies formed by its various voices, and their harmonious division is lacking to the poet; and although poetry enters into the abode of the intellect by the channel of the hear- ing, as does music, the poet cannot describe the harmony of music, because it is not in his power to say various things in one and the same mo- ment as can the harmonious concord of paint- ing, which is composed of various members which exist simultaneously, and the beauty of these parts is apprehended at the same time, individu- ally and collectively,— col Iectively with regard to the whole, individually with regard to the com- ponent parts of which the whole is formed ; and for this reason the poet is, as far as the represen- tation of bodily things is concerned, greatly in- ferior to the painter, and as far as invisible things are concerned he is far behind the musician. But if the poet borrows the aid of the other sciences, he can appear at the fair like the other merchants, bearers of divers goods made by many artificers ; and the poet does this when he borrows the sci- ence of others, such as that of the orator, the phi- losopher, the astrologer, the cosmographer and

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