Response Three: The Use of the Personal Voice in Writing
Socrates whole argument stems from an ancient tale that begins in the
Egyptian city of Naucratictis. He speaks about a God (Theuth) and how he was an
inventor of many arts, calculations and such but his greatest discovery was writing.
Phaedrus first reaction to Socrates’ tale about Theuth holds a great amount of
accusation of fallacy. Was the myth simply made up to add to Socrates’ own ideas
and thoughts when it has come to his ideas about writing? Socrates tries to create a
new thought of thinking. Socrates believes that as long as the content holds the
truth, the source doesn’t matter. It is still unclear how Socrates retrieved the
information about the myth but Phaedrus still believes him. …show more content…
He relates composing talks to
cultivating for "the purpose of entertainment and celebrations" since he says the
main reason for one to record it is for "reminding", in light of the fact that one who
genuinely knows about things like "goodness" and "equity" has no compelling
reason to record them. I disagree with Socrates. I think that stating something take a
lot of courage and it displays information just as well as an oral speech does. I
believe that composition is pretty much as fit for influencing the group of onlookers
as words may be. Indeed, I believe that one can indicate "reality" in composing much
more so than in words. This is on account of somebody needs to endeavor to really put down what they need to express as opposed to simply just saying it. At the point
when something is in composing, it is out there for various individuals or
notwithstanding for the entire world to see. Something you say can be heard by
others for that moment, however when something is in composing it is out for the
world and can once in a while be recovered.
Socrates additionally relates keeping in touch with painting, in that
Socrates whole argument stems from an ancient tale that begins in the
Egyptian city of Naucratictis. He speaks about a God (Theuth) and how he was an
inventor of many arts, calculations and such but his greatest discovery was writing.
Phaedrus first reaction to Socrates’ tale about Theuth holds a great amount of
accusation of fallacy. Was the myth simply made up to add to Socrates’ own ideas
and thoughts when it has come to his ideas about writing? Socrates tries to create a
new thought of thinking. Socrates believes that as long as the content holds the
truth, the source doesn’t matter. It is still unclear how Socrates retrieved the
information about the myth but Phaedrus still believes him. …show more content…
He relates composing talks to
cultivating for "the purpose of entertainment and celebrations" since he says the
main reason for one to record it is for "reminding", in light of the fact that one who
genuinely knows about things like "goodness" and "equity" has no compelling
reason to record them. I disagree with Socrates. I think that stating something take a
lot of courage and it displays information just as well as an oral speech does. I
believe that composition is pretty much as fit for influencing the group of onlookers
as words may be. Indeed, I believe that one can indicate "reality" in composing much
more so than in words. This is on account of somebody needs to endeavor to really put down what they need to express as opposed to simply just saying it. At the point
when something is in composing, it is out there for various individuals or
notwithstanding for the entire world to see. Something you say can be heard by
others for that moment, however when something is in composing it is out for the
world and can once in a while be recovered.
Socrates additionally relates keeping in touch with painting, in that