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I.F. Stone: Modern crusader takes on wisdom of ancients
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WASHINGTON The second floor of I.F. Stone's home is lined with the
wisdom of the ancients.
"This is my Greek and Latin library," Stone says, rising from
behind a desk brimming with paperbacks, magazines and newspaper
clippings. "I've got a thousand volumes."
On tiptoe, he pulls a weighty tome from the top shelf, and
lowers it onto his desk. "This is the first translation ever made of
Plato," he says, sliding the book from a dusty case. "It was made in
the Renaissance by a Florentine mystic. I found it in a bookstore in
Washington, oh, about 20 years ago. Seventy-five dollars."
The pages ...
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