Socrates: 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.

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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.

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ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)

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J'ai décidé que ce n'était pas la sagesse qui permettait aux poètes d'écrire leur poésie, mais une sorte d'instinct ou d'inspiration, comme chez les voyants et les prophètes, qui transmettent tous leurs sublimes messages sans même savoir ce qu'ils signifient.

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