Plato was disturbed by written discourse because ... if an individual goes to it with a question in his mind, it "always gives one unvarying answer.”. (Richard Weaver)

Plato was disturbed by written discourse because ... if an individual goes to it with a question in his mind, it "always gives one unvarying answer.”.

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