πρός τε τὸ Ποντικὸν μειράκιον μέλλον φοιτᾶν αὐτῷ καὶ πυθόμε… - Antisthenes

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πρός τε τὸ Ποντικὸν μειράκιον μέλλον φοιτᾶν αὐτῷ καὶ πυθόμενον τίνων αὐτῷ δεῖ, φησί, “βιβλιαρίου καινοῦ καὶ γραφείου καινοῦ καὶ πινακιδίου καινοῦ,” τὸν νοῦν παρεμφαίνων.

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Antisthenes (Greek: Ἀντισθένης; c. 445 – c. 365 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates, and founder of the Cynic school.

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Native Name: Ἀντισθένης

Alternative Names: Antisthenes of Athens

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Being asked what learning is the most necessary, he replied, "How to get rid of having anything to unlearn."

ἐρωτηθεὶς τί αὐτῷ περιγέγονεν ἐκ φιλοσοφίας, ἔφη, “τὸ δύνασθαι ἑαυτῷ ὁμιλεῖν.”

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.

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