Plato
2) Plato's Ion Question
How does Socrates explain the fact that Ion is "wonderfully clever about Homer alone"?
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Jill W
How does Socrates explain the fact that Ion is "wonderfully clever about Homer alone"?
In context, Socrates is toying with Ion..... he is alluding to the fact that had Ion mastered his subject matter, he would be wonderfully clever about all poets..... not just "Homer alone".