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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Phaedrus by Plato: SOCRATES: No, that is not likely--in the garden of letters he will sow and
plant, but only for the sake of recreation and amusement; he will write
them down as memorials to be treasured against the forgetfulness of old
age, by himself, or by any other old man who is treading the same path. He
will rejoice in beholding their tender growth; and while others are
refreshing their souls with banqueting and the like, this will be the
pastime in which his days are spent.
PHAEDRUS: A pastime, Socrates, as noble as the other is ignoble, the
pastime of a man who can be amused by serious talk, and can discourse
merrily about justice and the like.
SOCRATES: True, Phaedrus. But nobler far is the serious pursuit of the
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