[tsunamifury]

Books are for the mentally enfeebled who can't memorize knowledge.

- Socrates

[aozgaa]

I can’t tell if this is a genuine quote or not. Can you provide a citation?

(I think something like this comes up in the Phaedrus)

[goatlover]

Written by Plato.

[nightski]

Aren't books to communicate knowledge?

[sdf2df]

Wrong person you're quoting but he did not foresee the benefit of leveraging the work of others to extend and build-on-top.