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Quotation from Gorgias by Plato
“I am one of those who are very willing to be refuted if I say anything which is not true, and very willing to refute any one else who says what is not true, and quite as ready to be refuted as to refute”
Gorgias, 458a, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
Before pressing Gorgias, Socrates describes the spirit in which he wants to argue, treating refutation as a benefit like being cured.
Citation: "I am one of those who are very willing to be refuted if I say anything which is not true, and very willing to refute any one else who says what is not true, and quite as ready to be refuted as to refute" — Plato, Gorgias, 458a, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-gorgias-q1)
