Man is hidden under his tongue.
"Speak so that I may see you" is a statement that was said by Socrates, the great Greek philosopher. He meant by these words -as an explicit meaning- that man should talk so that we can deduce his personality and ethics. On the contrary, silence seems like a cover over his personality so we can say that man is hidden under his tongue unless he expresses himself. on the other hand and Additionally, as an implicit meaning, he meant that man isn't classified either according to his poverty or riches nor to his race nor to his color nor to his appearance but rather by his behaviors, ethics, talent and his mind.
Dialogue was essential to the great philosopher and so it is to the founder of www.italki.com as his idea enables us to express ourselves to the world in different languages and to learn about other cultures by understanding their language and their speech.