In Plato's Phaedrus, the god Theuth invented letters and noted their greatness. King Thamus sagely suggests to Theuth that the creation of writing may actually hinder man. Giving him a false sense of wisdom. “What you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality.”
The Show of Wisdom
The Show of Wisdom
The Show of Wisdom
In Plato's Phaedrus, the god Theuth invented letters and noted their greatness. King Thamus sagely suggests to Theuth that the creation of writing may actually hinder man. Giving him a false sense of wisdom. “What you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality.”