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Socrates concentrates his supposed envy of rhapsodes on their ability to understand the poet. Apart from the verb "to understand", he also uses the noun "dianoia", which I translate as "intent" or "intention". Io understands Socrates to mean what he himself means by dianoia, the emotional thought to be expressed in any particular passage of a poem.
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