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- 1Plato quote on usefulness versus truth circulates among book lovers●It is more useful the useful that the truth. Plato, Protagora Photo Marcus Cederberg # Bookstodon # Philosophy # Photogr
A line attributed to Plato's dialogue with Protagoras — that the useful matters more than the truth — is being shared and discussed in book-focused online circles, alongside a photograph credited to Marcus Cederberg. Readers are engaging with the aphorism's challenge to our everyday assumption that truth always comes first, debating what it means for rhetoric, pragmatism and philosophy.
- 2Plato's 'moving image of eternity' quote shared among book lovers●Time is the moving image of eternity. Plato, Timaeus Photo Andre Villeneuve # Bookstodon # Philosophy # Photography
A line from Plato's Timaeus — 'Time is the moving image of eternity' — is being shared alongside photography by Andre Villeneuve within the online Bookstodon book community, tagged under philosophy and photography. Readers are engaging with the pairing of classical philosophy and landscape imagery, a quiet but popular form of reflection in reading circles.