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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old. ✨ Epicurus, Brad Inwood, Lloyd P. Gerson The Epicurus Reader, Hackett Publishing
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old. ✨ Epicurus, Brad Inwood, Lloyd P. Gerson The Epicurus Reader, Hackett Publishing

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