On falling in love with philosophy — quotation from Plato

“The young man who has drunk for the first time from that spring is as happy as if he had found a treasure of wisdom; he is positively enraptured. He will pick up any discourse, draw all its ideas together to make them into one, then take them apart and pull them to pieces. He will puzzle first himself, then others, badger whoever comes near him, old and young, sparing not even his parents, nor anyone who is willing to listen …”

(Philebus)

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