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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.

Source: In Apology, sct. 21, by Plato.
-- Socrates, (Jan 5 470?BC-399?BC), Greek philosopher; He viewed philosophy as a necessary pursuit of all intelligent men; Teacher of Plato.

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