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>"... the Greeks, with whom not only philosophy but the human race itself began."

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>>14611660
who's the author

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>>14611665
Diogenes Laertius

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>>14611660
Good. Now take the Platonism Pill...

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What measures, then, shall we adopt? What machine employ, or what reason consult by means of which we may contemplate this ineffable beauty; a beauty abiding in the most divine sanctuary without ever proceeding from its sacred retreats lest it should be beheld by the profane and vulgar eye? We must enter deep into ourselves, and, leaving behind the objects of corporeal sight, no longer look back after any of the accustomed spectacles of sense.