Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was
the soul of this world.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Platonic Questions, viii, 4
the soul of this world.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Platonic Questions, viii, 4
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