Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn noth… - Pliny the Elder

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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.

Pliny the Elder

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Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 – 79), called Pliny the Elder was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias.

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Native Name: Caius Plinius Secundus

Alternative Names: Gaius Plinius Secundus • Gaius P. Secundus • Caius P. Secundus • C. Plinius Secundus • Plinius • Pliny • the Elder Pliny

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Absentes tinnitu aurium præsentire sermones de se receptum est.

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