You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?
If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.
What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.
Books are immortal sons deifying their sires.
Those who tell the stories rule society.