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Plato

An ancient Greek philosopher (about 428-348 BC). Sidis cites his idea that a wise person knows what to fear and what not to fear.

Nervous Ills: Their Causes and Cure, Boris Sidis

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• Nervous Ills: Their Causes and Cure, Boris Sidis
• Rhetoric, Aristotle

  Ancient Greek philosopher of the fourth century BC, a pupil of Socrates and founder of the Academy in Athens. Aristotle spent about twenty years in his Academy.

• The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness, Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

  An ancient Greek philosopher (about 427 to 347 BC), a student of Socrates. Almost all his works are written as dialogues.

• Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy, David Chalmers

  An ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates. In the Republic he told the allegory of the cave, where prisoners see only shadows on a wall.

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