The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention. — Socrates
The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
In the original Greek
ποιήσει δὲ αὐτήν, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἡ ἡμετέρα χρεία.
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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.
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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.