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Plato Uncovered: Building Influence in the Ancient and Modern World

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The Importance of Channeling Famous Names

When you're first starting out as a writer or thinker, no one cares about you. They care about the big famous names they've heard about that they have a kind of respect for already. Plato said he was going to go as general as possible in his work. He wanted it to be maximally relevant to the maximum number of people ever.

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