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"The nearest way to glory-a short cut, as it were-is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be."

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About Socrates

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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