Of all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable.

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Of all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable.

Plato

Laws · 346 BC

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Man and animals Boys Teaching children Children

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Philosophical literature

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Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Time

346 BC Classical antiquity

Person

Plato

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Current citation

Plato. Laws, translated by Tom Griffith, edited by Malcolm Schofield. Cambridge University Press, 2016, bk. 7.

Original citation

Plato. Νόμοι [Laws]. c. 346 BC, bk. 7.

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Of all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable. — Plato

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