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855:, p. 232
709:25 April
663:Historia
443:Kolonaki
244:pedagogy
225:Mytilene
153:Language
103:Children
868:, p. 25
851:Hatzi,
833:, p. 62
799:, p. 21
778:Hatzi,
752:, p. xx
654:Plato,
521:Epoches
447:Husserl
331:Odyssey
165:Website
93:Partner
908:Bien,
821:Bien,
761:Bien,
614:
579:(1937)
542:, 1952
536:, 1939
455:Sartre
301:, and
276:London
221:Epirus
205:Senate
125:Region
85:Spouse
608:Smoke
318:Plaka
181:Greek
156:Greek
72:Greek
711:2021
656:Meno
612:ISBN
601:Nike
523:and
396:Nike
384:Nike
372:Nike
47:Died
35:Born
362:at
338:in
334:by
191:or
115:Era
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519:,
515:,
453:,
449:,
429:.
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