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Quotation from Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII by Plato
“this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories”
Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII, Phaedrus 275a, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
The Egyptian king rebukes Theuth, inventor of writing, warning that letters are a remedy for reminding, not for memory.
Citation: "this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories" — Plato, Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII, Phaedrus 275a, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id phaedrus-and-letters-vii-and-viii-q1)
