>"muh socrates" >"muh spoken word better

No hes not.

Are you ?

>>9838459
The dialogues were exercises to stimulate students. Plato's real teachings were done orally at the academy.

>>9838459
kek, you iz stupid

>>9838459
Anon if you assume that Plato, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time, might actually have to teach you, you might learn something

Repeat after me: the dialogues are meant to be read skeptically. Again: the dialogues are meant to be read skeptically.

>>9838459
>thinks he's smart for pointing out the apparent incongruity in reading dialogues which discuss the inherent weakness of written text

This is what happens when you don't read any secondary texts

This problem is literally one of the earliest and most fundamental issues in Platonic scholarship

>>9838469
I wish I could be taught by Plato orally daddy

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Would Plato have had such an impact on Western thought if he didn't write so well?

>>9843087
>tfw Plato praised Socrates for resisting prime boipucci
you'd be rejected anon