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Quotation from Parmenides by Plato

“the time will come, if I am not mistaken, when philosophy will have a firmer grasp of you, and then you will not despise even the meanest things”

Plato (spoken by Parmenides)

Parmenides, Stephanus 130e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Parmenides attributes Socrates' squeamishness to youth and concern for others' opinions.

Citation: "the time will come, if I am not mistaken, when philosophy will have a firmer grasp of you, and then you will not despise even the meanest things" — Plato, Parmenides, Stephanus 130e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-parmenides-q3)

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