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Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by sbmassey on Thursday October 13, 2016 @05:19PM (#12704114)
Socrates would have been less than 1 year old in 470 BC, so I guess he was speaking about himself and his pals.
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Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by ptaipale on Friday October 14, 2016 @07:58AM (#12707502)
Yes right, my error, should have said this is attributed to Socrates, born circa 470 BC. So if he said it, it was likely somewhere around 400 BC.
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