Thesecondstageofeducationisgymnastic, ; Platoisawarethatthetrainingofthebodymaybeinconsistentwiththetrainingofthemind, , andthistheyattributenottothetruecause, ’streatmentofgymnastic:—First, ; and, ifwemayjudgebyexperience, , heaffirmsthatmusicandgymnasticarenot, ascommonopinionisapttoimagine, intended, theoneforthecultivationofthemindandtheotherofthebody, , inhisview, istheservantofthemind; , ifexertednotatparticularmomentsandbyfitsandstarts, butcontinuously, (; Thuc.).ButonlyPlatorecognizedthefundamentalerroronwhichthepracticewasbased.