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The most necessary skill: unlearning.

Antisthenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.7

The source

"The most necessary skill: unlearning." Antisthenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.7. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ἐρωτηθεὶς τί τῶν μαθημάτων ἀναγκαιότατον, τὸ περιαιρεῖν, ἔφη, τὸ ἀπομανθάνειν."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.7. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

Who said it

Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Student of Socrates and forerunner of the Cynics.

Questions

Who said "The most necessary skill: unlearning."?
Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.7.
What is the original Greek?
ἐρωτηθεὶς τί τῶν μαθημάτων ἀναγκαιότατον, τὸ περιαιρεῖν, ἔφη, τὸ ἀπομανθάνειν. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Calm.

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