“Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.”

—  Heraclitus

As quoted Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, V, 140, 6 (Fragment 35)

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χρὴ γὰρ εὖ μάλα πολλῶν ἴστορας φιλοσόφους ἄνδρας εἶναι

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