There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an edition of his works; yet to every generation these come duly down, for the sake of those few persons, as if God brought them written in his hand.


Essays - First Series (ed. The Floating Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9781877527777

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an edition of his works;...

There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an edition of his works;...

There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an edition of his works;...

There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an edition of his works;...