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newbiesaccout t1_j3vlaia wrote

Reply to comment by noiplah in [Image] Quote by Socrates by joki5ing

It's OK. Most 'actual' quotes from Socrates are not from Socrates either, but from the character Socrates in a book by Plato.

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radiowavess t1_j3w1ohv wrote

He never wrote anything down because he hated interpreters

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newbiesaccout t1_j3wxpd6 wrote

The method of dialectic is not very conducive to writing, as one needs to be able to ask and answer, but a reader can only read and can't be questioned directly.

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