Páthei Máthos
Αα ; :''Ageōmétrētos mēdeìs eisítō.'' :"Let no one untrained in geometry enter." :Motto over the entrance to Platonic Academy, Plato's Academy (quoted in Elias (commentator), Elias' commentary on Aristotle's ''Categories (Aristotle), Categories'': ''Eliae in Porphyrii Isagogen et Aristotelis categorias commentaria'', ''Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, CAG'' XVIII.1, Berlin 1900, p11813–19). ;. :''Aeì Libúē phérei ti kainón.'' :"Libya always bears something new", Aristotle, ''History of Animals''. :Compare the Latin proverb ''List of Latin phrases (E)#ex Africa semper aliquid novi, ex Africa semper aliquid novi'' 'from Africa always something new', based on Pliny the Elder. ;. :''Aeì koloiòs parà koloiôi hizánei.'' :"A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw" :Similar to English "birds of a feather flock together." ;. :''Aeì ho theòs geōmetreî''. :"God always geometrizes." — Plato :Plutarch elaborated on this phrase in his essay Πῶς Πλάτων ...
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