4 Socrates Quotes on Inspiration

Socrates quotes on inspiration

10. I realized that it was not by wisdom that poets write their poetry, but by a kind of nature or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets; for these also say many beautiful things, but do not know anything of what they say.

41. Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

54. I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

79. The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.