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From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
“Being asked what learning is the most necessary, he replied, "How to get rid of having anything to unlearn."”
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From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
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ἐρωτηθεὶς τί τῶν μαθημάτων ἀναγκαιότατον, “τὸ περιαιρεῖν,” ἔφη, “τὸ ἀπομανθάνειν.”
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Antisthenes 24
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“When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned."”
Antisthenes, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics
“The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil. ”
“The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.”
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 49
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
Aristippus, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers