Historical Explanation: Socrates is considered the father of Western Philosophy. He was a Greek philosopher during the 469 BC to 399 BC. He was executed by the Athenian democratic society for “corrupting the youth.”
Metaphysical Implication: In the quote Socrates advises people to spend time reading books because it takes a significant amount of time to write a book but little amount of time to read them.
Practical Application: What we can learn from Socrates in this quote, as students, is to spend time reading books. As humans, we learn things a lot of things from empiricism (or experience), especially of those who are older and wiser than us. There are famous quotes saying “Readers are leaders.” Perhaps, we should devote more time reading because it takes massive amounts of time to write books versus reading books.
