 I knew that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration; they are like diviners or soothsayers who also say many fine things, but do not understand the meaning of them.  The Dialogues of Plato - Стр. 320авторы: Plato - 1874Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Plato - 1874 - Страниц: 662
...asked what was the meaning of them — thinking that they would teach me something. Will you believe me ? I am almost ashamed to speak of this, but still...by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration ; they are like diviners or soothsayers who also say many fine things, but do... | |
 | Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie - 1883 - Страниц: 594
...themselves had written." This is the lady's version, the italics being our own. Jowett translates, " There is hardly a person present who would not have...better about their poetry than they did themselves." In our opinion, each of these translations is partly right and partly wrong. There happens to be a... | |
 | 1890 - Страниц: 282
...same author and date. Line 5. I do not comprehend. — Comp. Plato, Apol., where Socrates observes that " not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration ; they are like diviners who also say many fine things, but do not understand... | |
 | James Thomson - 1896 - Страниц: 502
...dithyrambic, and all sorts ! . . . Will you believe me ? I am almost ashamed to confess the truth, but I must say, that there is hardly a person present...better about their poetry than they did themselves. Then I know, without going further, that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius... | |
 | James Thomson - 1896 - Страниц: 692
...dithyrambic, and all sorts ! . . . Will you believe me ? I am almost ashamed to confess the truth, but I must say, that there is hardly a person present...better about their poetry than they did themselves. Then I know, without going further, that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius... | |
 | Plato - 1897 - Страниц: 506
...asked what was the meaning of them — thinking that they would teach me something. Will you believe me? I am almost ashamed to speak of this, but still...better about their poetry than they did themselves. v That showed me in an instant that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and... | |
 | Albert Leonard, William Henry Metzler, Jacob Richard Street - 1898 - Страниц: 372
...their craft. Then he continues : "Will you believe me ? I am almost ashamed to confess the truth, but I must say that there is hardly a person present who...better about their poetry than they did themselves. Then I knew that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration ; they... | |
 | Benjamin Jowett - 1899 - Страниц: 480
...asked what was the meaning of them—thinking that they would teach me something. Will you believe me? I am almost ashamed to speak of this, but still...by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration; they are like diviners or soothsayers who also say many fine things, but do... | |
 | Plato - 1899 - Страниц: 514
...asked what was the meaning of them — thinking that they would teach me something. Will you believe me? I am almost ashamed to speak of this, but still...showed me in an instant that not by wisdom do poets \vrite poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration ; they are like diviners or soothsayers who... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1905 - Страниц: 862
...'Apology,' cannot discover it when he turns to the mighty bards. ' They showed me in an instant,' he says, ' that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration ; they are like diviners and soothsayers, who also say many fine things, but... | |
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