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Quotation from Protagoras by Plato

“But you cannot buy the wares of knowledge and carry them away in another vessel; when you have paid for them you must receive them into the soul and go your way, either greatly harmed or greatly benefited”

Plato (spoken by Socrates)

Protagoras, Stephanus 314a-b, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Completing the food analogy, Socrates explains why a young man should take counsel with his elders before choosing a teacher.

Citation: "But you cannot buy the wares of knowledge and carry them away in another vessel; when you have paid for them you must receive them into the soul and go your way, either greatly harmed or greatly benefited" — Plato, Protagoras, Stephanus 314a-b, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-protagoras-q2)

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