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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

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Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.

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    الخير الوحيد هو العلم والشر الوحيد هو الجهل.

    το μόνο καλό είναι η γνώση και το μόνο κακό είναι η άγνοια.

    lo único bueno es el conocimiento y lo único malo es la ignorancia.

    le seul bien est la connaissance et le seul mal est l'ignorance.

    एकमात्र अच्छा ज्ञान है और एकमात्र बुराई अज्ञानता है।

    l'unico bene è la conoscenza e l'unico male è l'ignoranza.

    유일한 선은 지식이고 유일한 악은 무지입니다.

    ignoratio scientiae boni et mali non solum.

    jedynym dobrem jest wiedza, a jedynym złem jest ignorancja.

    единственное добро - это знание, а единственное зло - невежество.

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