Socrates - I decided that it was not wisdom th...

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

Socrates

Greek Philosopher

Died: 399 BC

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Wisdom, You, Kind, Find, Poetry, Poets, Inspiration, Prophets, Write, Deliver, Instinct, Knowing, Messages, Without, Least, Sublime, Decided, Mean, Who

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