It would not be possible here to look in detail at these procedures and difficulties; suffice it to say that we find the same subtle composition replacing direct discourse, and the same appeal to the minds of readers or spectators who must discover for themselves the deeper meanings, whether we are referring to an aristocratic poet like Pindar, a dramatist writing for the masses, or a philosopher possessing a penetrating mathematical mind obsessed with clarity. We can apply to all of them what Schaerer (77) says of Plato: "He leaves much more for readers to infer than do modern authors.