Socrates — "I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both th…"

I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves as wise men and are taken as such, when they are nothing of the sort.
Socrates — Socrates Ancient · Father of Western philosophy

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From Plato's Apology, 22b, describing his investigation into those reputed to be wise.

Date: ~399 BC

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