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What is the first business of one who studies philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.
What is the first business of one who studies philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.
Approximate author period: c. 60 AD · classical
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- Approximate author period: c. 60 AD · classical
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
How to apply general Principles to particular Cases. Chap. xvii.
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