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Plato quote on usefulness versus truth circulates among book lovers
Original: 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.
Why now: The provocative philosophical aphorism challenges the usual priority of truth over usefulness, prompting reflection and debate among book and philosophy enthusiasts.
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- It is more useful the useful that the truth. Plato, Protagora Photo Marcus Cederberg # Bookstodon # Philosophy # Photography · alekairos · 13
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