"Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep."

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About Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder was a Roman author, naturalist, and military commander best known for the encyclopedic Natural History. His work influenced scientific and scholarly traditions in Europe for centuries.

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