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Sehen Sie, in Griechenland sagte man, die Philosophie beginnt mit der Verwunderung, mit dem Erstaunen. Philosophie, Liebe zur Weisheit, Liebe zum Wissen beginnt mit dern Erstaunen, mit der Verwunderung. 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