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[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
Democritus
Freeman (1948), p. 155
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All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes.
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460 BC
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370 BC
(aged 90)
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