The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her e… - Plato

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The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died.

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Plato (Πλάτων Plátōn; c. 427 BC – c. 347 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy (Akademia), the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

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Native Name: Πλάτων

Alternative Names: Plátōn • Platon • Aristocles • Αριστοκλής • Ἀριστοκλῆς

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