What a hoot!
"Here is one man less wise than me. In all probability neither of us knows
anything worth knowing; but he thinks he knows when he doesn't, whereas I, given
that I don't in fact know, am at least aware I don't know. Apparently,
therefore, I am wiser than him in just this one small detail, that when I don't
know something, I don't think I know it either." ~Socrates
I love quotes that poke fun at our human idiosyncracies. ;)
2 comments:
When reading the quote, I assumed it was spoken by someone in the modern era. Socrates really surprised me.
It's very likely that the author of the philosophy book paraphrased it.
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