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Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1

Note 26 — Chapter III · * OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES.

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Aristot. Metaph. iv. p. 1046, b. 29.

The sarcasm ascribed to Diogenes the Cynic implies that Eukleides was really known as the founder of a school — καὶ τὴν μὲν Εὐκλείδου σχολὴν ἔλεγε χολήν (Diog. L. vi. 24) — the earliest mention (I apprehend) of the word σχολὴ in that sense.

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