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Quotation from Theaetetus by Plato
“the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth”
Theaetetus, Midwife speech, c. 150b-c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
Socrates explains how his midwifery of souls differs from that of women.
Citation: "the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth" — Plato, Theaetetus, Midwife speech, c. 150b-c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-theaetetus-q2)
