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epigrammatist Classical Athens

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[Wikidata] 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher... | [Wikipedia] Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosop

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• The part can never be well unless the whole is well. Part
• Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be… Able
• Love is a serious mental illness. Illness
• Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow Anyone
• Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomesa second time a child. Becomesa
• The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to takepart in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Government
• Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something Fools
• Is there a perfect world? Perfect

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