And yet even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route. - Plato

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And yet even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.

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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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