"Πάντων χρημάτων μέτρον ἄνθρωπον εἶναι, τῶν μὲν ὄντων, ὡς ἔστι, τῶν δὲ μὴ ὄντων, ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν."
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Quoted in Plato, Theaetetus, sec. 152a. Translated by John Stuart Mill, "Plato", in the Edinburgh Review (April 1866)
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