I want to know the answer to the following question:
What allowed for a deeper understanding and personal exploration of older philosophers theories?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The statement, in a play modeled or borrowed from a (now lost) Greek comedy by Menander, may have originated in a lighthearted vein – as a comic rationale for an old man's meddling – but it quickly became a proverb and throughout the ages was quoted with a deeper meaning, by Cicero and Saint Augustine, to name a few, and most notably by Seneca.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no