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sprung from a famous sire

Chapter 7 the most famous analogy was great. One cannot agree with all conclusions Plato proposes but its a great piece. Same for the next chapter.

For this extract, they’re discussing about the difference between belief and knowledge. In one instance Socrates mentioned that it’s important to not pick and choose of what you want to learn. He compares it to an analogy of a food lover: you cant be a food lover if you choose to only eat certain food or a music lover if you only attend some musicals and not attend the rest.