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Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates and founder of the Academy. (c. 428-348 BC)

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• Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.Theaetetus 155d, tr. Benjamin Jowett
• No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.Sophist 261b
• The chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule.The Republic, Book I, 347c
• There is a victory and defeat, the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats, which each man gains or sustains at the hands, not of another, but of himself.Laws, Book I, tr. Benjamin Jowett

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