"If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman."

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Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens whose method of questioning became foundational to Western philosophy. He wrote no works himself and is known primarily through accounts by Plato, Xenophon, and later writers.

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