...and when one of them meets the other half, the actual ha… - Plato

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...and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...

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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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