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Tag: by Plato.

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I decided that

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.

I was afraid

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.