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So that his case aptly fits the saying of the poet, in which he complains of somebody or other that “Full many crafts he knew: but still
He knew them all so very ill.
”Margites, Fr.1Alcibiades
Why, how on earth is the poet's saying apposite, Socrates? For to my mind it has nothing to do with the point.Socrates
It is very much to the point: but he, good sir, like almost every other poet, speaks in riddles. For poetry as a whole is by nature
He knew them all so very ill.
”Margites, Fr.1Alcibiades
Why, how on earth is the poet's saying apposite, Socrates? For to my mind it has nothing to do with the point.Socrates
It is very much to the point: but he, good sir, like almost every other poet, speaks in riddles. For poetry as a whole is by nature