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document. Does it seem to you that a thing of that sort is anything else than a written speech?Phaedrus
No, certainly not.Socrates
Then if this speech is approved, the writer leaves the theater in great delight; but if it is not recorded and he is not granted the privilege of speech-writing and is not considered worthy to be an author, he is grieved, and his friends with him.Phaedrus
Decidedly.Socrates
Evidently not because they despise the profession, but because they admire it.Phaedrus
To be sure.
No, certainly not.Socrates
Then if this speech is approved, the writer leaves the theater in great delight; but if it is not recorded and he is not granted the privilege of speech-writing and is not considered worthy to be an author, he is grieved, and his friends with him.Phaedrus
Decidedly.Socrates
Evidently not because they despise the profession, but because they admire it.Phaedrus
To be sure.