"Xenophanes was the first person who asserted... that the soul is a spirit."

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“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”

“Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty.”

“Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.”

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