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Quotation from Ion by Plato

“Which do you prefer to be thought, dishonest or inspired”

Plato (spoken by Socrates)

Ion, 542a, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

The closing dilemma: if Ion has an art he has broken his promise to display it; if he has none, he must be inspired.

Citation: "Which do you prefer to be thought, dishonest or inspired" — Plato, Ion, 542a, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-ion-q7)

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