τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν → relaxed the strictness of the doctrine of perpetual strife
organ of sight, hearing, etc.: P. ὄργανον, τό (Plato, Theaetetus 185A).
faculty: P. δύναμις, ἡ.