A man may read Plato without clearly comprehending much of what he means. He cannot read him without becoming, in some degree, a changed man. (Coventry Patmore)

A man may read Plato without clearly comprehending much of what he means. He cannot read him without becoming, in some degree, a changed man.

Coventry Patmore

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