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Discussion Post 2: Socrates and Writing
Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:39 pm
In the Phaedrus, Plato illustrates Socrates’ arguments against writing. (This is one of the reasons that you won’t find anything written by Socrates.) Socrates argued, through story, that writing diminishes the memory, among other things. However, today, most people would probably assume that someone who couldn’t write wasn’t educated.
Are there similarities you can see with today’s technologies? Any that might make us less smart? Any that might make us smarter?