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Only Socrates Knew, After A Lifetime Of Unceasing Labor, That He Was Ignorant. Now Every High-school Student Knows That. How Did It Become So Easy?
-Allan Bloom
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Only Socrates Knew, After A
Allan Bloom
Only Socrates Knew, After A Lifetime Of Unceasing Labor, That He Was Ignorant. Now Every High-school Student Knows That. How Did It Become So Easy?
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