“Being asked how a man could be taught to escape the evil of drinking, he said, 'By seeing the disgusting behaviour of drunkards.'”

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Philosopher Scythian

Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who traveled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC. He made a great impression on the ancient Greeks as a 'barbarian' who...

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