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"He is not only idle who does nothing but he is idle who might be better employed."

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Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens whose method of questioning became foundational to Western philosophy. He wrote no works himself and is known primarily through accounts by Plato, Xenophon, and later writers.

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