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Quotation from Sophist by Plato

“Are not thought and speech the same, with this exception, that what is called thought is the unuttered conversation of the soul with herself”

Plato (spoken by The Eleatic Stranger)

Sophist, Speech and false statement, c. 263e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Having explained false speech, the Stranger extends the account to thought and opinion.

Citation: "Are not thought and speech the same, with this exception, that what is called thought is the unuttered conversation of the soul with herself" — Plato, Sophist, Speech and false statement, c. 263e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-sophist-q9)

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