Then Anyone Who Leaves Behind Him A Written Manual, And Likewise Anyone Who Receives It, In The Belief That Such Writing Will Be Clear And Certain, Must Be Exceedingly Simple-minded.

Then Anyone Who Leaves Behind Him A Written Manual, And Likewise Anyone Who Receives It, In The Belief That Such Writing Will Be Clear And Certain, Must Be Exceedingly Simple-minded.

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...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise
anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear
and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded...
-- Plato (428-348? B.C.), "Phaedrus"

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