It would be better for me … that multitudes of men should d… - Plato

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It would be better for me … that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.

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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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It would be better for me … that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself. - Plato

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