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"For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles."

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About Socrates

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens whose method of questioning became foundational to Western philosophy. He wrote no works himself and is known primarily through accounts by Plato, Xenophon, and later writers.

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