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XXVII THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA

ARISTOTLE
ARISTOTLE From Herculaneum, probably Fourth Century B.C. Photo: Dr. Singer

Both the work of research and the work of dissemination went on under serious handicaps. One of these was the great social gap that separated the philosopher, who was a gentleman, from the trader and the artisan.

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