...took a while but I got there in the end.

PLATO, PHAEDRUS c. 380 BCE (how could I forget Plato?)

said...

"If men learn writing, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to rememberence, no longer from within themselves but by means of external marks; what you have discovered is a recipe, not for memory but for reminder..." 

Hmmm!

Now, if I were a Druid I would comprehend that remark totally as those guys allegedly had phenomenal memories, knowing whole clans and their entire ancestry...however, as a 'bit' of a writer himself, I'm not entirely sure what Plato is getting at!

Still, who am I to question one of the great classic chappies...um, I do believe I have finished the above paragraph on a preposition - bugger!  Oh well, perhaps a little 'reminder' is what I need so that I will not again do it!  Heh, heh.

It was nice having this little digression but I feel a metaphorical whip wind behind me so best get on with Sir Thomas Malory and Morte D'Arthur for the young minds next week...wish I could find an angle that engages them through their own experiences!  I'm sure light will dawn as I trawl internet information highways.

Bye all xxx