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What Plato was really asking was perhaps why a horse was a horse, and not, for example, a cross between a horse and a pig.
Jostein Gaarder
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Jostein Gaarder
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 8
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When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.
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The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.
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