IN MY OPINION
SOCRATES:
"HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT OPINIONS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE ARE SHAMEFUL AND UGLY THINGS?
THE BEST OF THEM ARE BLIND - OR DO YOU THINK THAT THOSE WHO EXPRESS A TRUE OPINION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ARE ANY DIFFERENT FROM BLIND PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO TRAVEL THE RIGHT ROAD?"
(PLATO'S REPUBLIC, BOOK VI 506C)
PLATO COMPLETE WORKS
TRANSLATOR: G.M.A. GRUBE, REVISED BY C.D.C. REEVE, JOHN M. COOPER, EDITOR, D.S. HUTCHISON, ASSOCIATED EDITOR,
HACKETT PUBLISHING COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS / CAMBRIDGE, 1997, P.1127
"HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT OPINIONS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE ARE SHAMEFUL AND UGLY THINGS?
THE BEST OF THEM ARE BLIND - OR DO YOU THINK THAT THOSE WHO EXPRESS A TRUE OPINION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ARE ANY DIFFERENT FROM BLIND PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO TRAVEL THE RIGHT ROAD?"
(PLATO'S REPUBLIC, BOOK VI 506C)
PLATO COMPLETE WORKS
TRANSLATOR: G.M.A. GRUBE, REVISED BY C.D.C. REEVE, JOHN M. COOPER, EDITOR, D.S. HUTCHISON, ASSOCIATED EDITOR,
HACKETT PUBLISHING COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS / CAMBRIDGE, 1997, P.1127
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