Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.

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Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.
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One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. ✨ Plato (1977). The Portable Plato, p.38, Penguin
There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly. ✨ Plato (2008). Laws, p.197, Cosimo, Inc.
To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

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