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  • Nor have we any difficulty in drawing a parallel between the young Athenian in the fifth century before Christ who became unsettled by new ideas, and the student of a modern University who has been the subject of a similar ‘aufklarung.’

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

  • These louts and toadies are with us today…bloated, powerful, and even dumber than they were back in the days of the Reagan aufklarung.

    The Chimes at Midnight 2004

  • Athenian in the fifth century before Christ who became unsettled by new ideas, and the student of a modern University who has been the subject of a similar 'aufklarung.'

    The Republic 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

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