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Quotation from Euthydemus by Plato
“Is not this the result--that other things are indifferent, and that wisdom is the only good, and ignorance the only evil”
Euthydemus, 281e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
The conclusion of Socrates' first exhortation: goods such as wealth and health become good or bad only under the guidance of knowledge.
Citation: "Is not this the result--that other things are indifferent, and that wisdom is the only good, and ignorance the only evil" — Plato, Euthydemus, 281e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-euthydemus-q3)
