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Man may, indeed, subdue nature, but he is subdued by his own thoughts.
Then philosophy appeared, and [finally] overthrew all the rules of the ancient polity.
It is a chaste fire; the union of the sexes must be removed far from its presence.
The ancient city, like all human society, had ranks, distinctions, and inequalities.
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