Socrates was worried that books would prevent people from developing their memories, and his prediction was correct. How many people you know use mnemonic devices to remember entire Greek epics (or something equivalent) by heart? Probably very few.
Socrates was worried that books would prevent people from developing their memories, and his prediction was correct. How many people you know use mnemonic devices to remember entire Greek epics (or something equivalent) by heart? Probably very few.
Sure. And we know that about Socrates because Plato wrote it down.
But how many people of this modern society care for Greek epics? Or even works equivalent?