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Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.

Edith Hamilton
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Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub
Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.