Motif
book as lure beyond familiar boundaries
book_as_lure_beyond_familiar_boundaries
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1538-1589 confidence: medium
Phaedrus says Socrates is like a stranger guided in the country and rarely leaves the gates; Socrates replies that he loves knowledge, learns from city dwellers rather than trees or country, and can be led around Attica and the world by a book.
Socrates says that holding up a book can lead him around Attica and over the wide world, after Phaedrus remarks that he rarely leaves the city.
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