PLATO'S MEASURE:

A found poem, suggested by Jeffrey C. Hart in his book, Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe:

Plato died at the age of eighty-one.

On the evening of his death he had a Thracian girl play the flute to him.

The girl could not find the beat of the Nomos.

With a movement of his finger, Plato indicated the measure.

-Eric Voegelin, Order and History

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 8, 2003 3:46 PM