Raphael, The School of Athens (1509–1511): Plato carries the Timaeus
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Plato, Timaeus, Page 17a: Three are here, but where is the fourth?

It is the day after Socrates described his ideal city. He counts the company and finds one of yesterday's four missing.

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Socrates
εἷςheîsone,δύοdýotwo,τρεῖςtreîsthree·ὁho—δὲdèbutδὴdḕ—τέταρτοςtétartosfourthἡμῖνhēmînour,ὦô—φίλεphíledearΤίμαιεTímaieTimaeus,

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