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- | When he was already crippled by paralysis, he sent a message to Xenocrates entreating him to come and take over the charge of the school. They say that, as he was being conveyed to the Academy in a tiny carriage, he met and saluted Diogenes, who replied, "Nay, if you can endure to live in such a plight as this, I decline to return your greeting." | + | When he was already crippled by paralysis, he sent a message to Xenocrates entreating him to come and take over the charge of the school. They say that, as he was being conveyed to the Academy in a tiny carriage, he met and saluted |
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- | Had I not learnt that Speusippus would die thus, no one would have persuaded me to say that he was surely not of Plato' | + | Had I not learnt that Speusippus would die thus, no one would have persuaded me to say that he was surely not of Plato' |
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