...o o ° ORGANIZING KNOWLEDGE For this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learner's souls, because they will not use their memories; they...characters and not remember of themselves. . . . you give your disciples not truth, hut only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things...

...itself lead to forgetfulness: "This discovery [of writing] will create forgetfulness in the learner's souls, because they will not use their memories; they...written characters and not remember of themselves." Since manuscripts were only available rarely, memory remained an important way to instantly access...

...god Thoth, the inventor of letters, and the god Amon in which the latter remarked that this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners'...written characters and not remember of themselves. The specific you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples...

...memories, for this is the cure of forgetfulness and of folly.' Thammus replied, ' 0 most ingenious Theuth, he who has the gift of invention is not always the...characters and not remember of themselves. You have found a specific, not for memory, but for reminiscence, and you give your disciples only the pretence of...