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"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

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Unlimited Power

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About Socrates

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens whose method of questioning became foundational to Western philosophy. He wrote no works himself and is known primarily through accounts by Plato, Xenophon, and later writers.

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