“I Laïs who laughed scornfully at Hellas, who kept a swarm of young lovers at my door, I lay my mirror before the Paphian, for I will not see myself as I am now, and cannot see myself as once I was.”
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Plato
Plato (428 BC - 348 BC) was a prominent Greek philosopher, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy. He founded the Academy, which was the first institution of higher education in the Western world. Plato's philosophy, centered around the theory of Forms, emphasized the importance of reason and morality. more
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