Friends have all things in common. — Plato · Skopia

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Friends have all things in common.

In the original Greek

κοινὰ γὰρ τὰ τῶν φίλων.

Phaedrus · 370 BC

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Nature of friendship Sharing

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Philosophical literature

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Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

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370 BC Classical antiquity

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Phaedrus. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022, sect. 279c.

Original citation

Phaedrus. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, sect. 279c.

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