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Quotation from Parmenides by Plato

“The impulse that carries you towards philosophy is assuredly noble and divine”

Plato (spoken by Parmenides)

Parmenides, Stephanus 135d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Parmenides praises Socrates' zeal while telling him he must train in dialectic while young.

Citation: "The impulse that carries you towards philosophy is assuredly noble and divine" — Plato, Parmenides, Stephanus 135d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-parmenides-q6)

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