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Socrates on the Invention of Writing and the Relationship of Writing to Memory
Entry by **Jeremy Norman** on **HistoryofInformation.com** (timeline "Exploring the History of Information and Media"), dated "circa **370 BC**" for the commented text, site last updated **August 27, 2026** (~600 words, including a long excerpt). It reproduces the passage from **Platon**'s *Phèdre* (274c-275b) where **Socrate** recounts the Egyptian myth of **Theuth** and King **Thamus** on the invention of writing.
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Jeremy Norman — historien et éditeur de HistoryofInformation.com ; notice de frise chronologique citant Platon (*Phèdre*, v. 370 av. J.-C.).