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No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow. - Plato
" "No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.
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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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Πλάτων
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Plátōn
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Platon
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Aristocles
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Αριστοκλής
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Ἀριστοκλῆς
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