For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?
PlatoWe will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it.
PlatoMy plainness of speech makes people hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
Plato