Single Idea 322

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education]

Full Idea

Intelligence is produced by teaching, involves truth and reason, and cannot be moved; true opinion involves persuasion, is irrational and can be moved.

Gist of Idea

Intelligence is the result of rational teaching; true opinion can result from irrational persuasion

Source

Plato (Timaeus [c.362 BCE], 51e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Timaeus and Critias', ed/tr. Lee,Desmond [Penguin 1971], p.71