wˌaɪl hiː wʌz stˈɪl ɐ tˈiːneɪdʒɚ hɪz pˈɛɹənts dᵻvˈoːɹst; hiː stˈɑːɹɾᵻd stˈʌdiɪŋ æt ðə skˈuːl ʌv fɪlˈɑːsəfi ʌvðə nˈæʃənəl ænd kˌæpədˈɪstɹiən jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ˈæθᵻnz, bˌʌt hiː dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd tə mˈuːv tə loʊzˈɑːn tə stˈeɪ wɪð hɪz mˈʌðɚ wɪðˌaʊt ɡɹˈædjuːˌeɪɾɪŋ fɹʌmðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi.
While he was still a teenager his parents divorced; he started studying at the School of Philosophy of the National and Capodistrian University of Athens, but he decided to move to Lausanne to stay with his mother without graduating from the university.