Question from an ignoramus (me): What were the sources/manuscripts from which we know of Socrates/Plato/Aristotle? Were they ever lost and 'rediscovered'? Were their commentaries on them throughout the ages continually?
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
Much of Aristotle’s work wasn’t translated into Latin until the 13th century and Plato not until the Renaissance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_of_Aristotle …
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Sure but even elite Romans spoke Greek mostly, or so I read.
7:28 PM - 17 Sep 2018
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