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πᾶσα τέχνη καὶ πᾶσα μέθοδος, ὁμοίως δὲ πρᾶξίς τε καὶ προαίρεσις, ἀγαθοῦ τινὸς ἐφίεσθαι δοκεῖ.
TranslationEvery art and inquiry, and likewise every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good.
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Read this passage →ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ.
The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.
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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος.
Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilles.
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris.
Arms and the man I sing, who first from the shores of Troy.
πάντες ἄνθρωποι τοῦ εἰδέναι ὀρέγονται φύσει.
All men by nature desire to know.
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