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Previous chapter Eurhythmy in the German Platonic Tradition Since he gave a decisive role in his philosophy to rhythm Nietzsche had naturally to assess its variable aesthetic, ethical and political value. This amounted first to address the very famous question, known since Socrates and Plato as already mentioned at the beginning of this book, of eurhythmy [Eurhythmie/eurhythmische Princip] or “good rhythm.” Regularly evoked by philosophers and philologists in Antiquity and Modern Times - Sur le concept de rythme – Nouvel article