ThatDude30
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What does this quote from Socrates mean to you?
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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Socrates made a very profound sounding statement, but he was engaging in false modesty. Obviously he knew a lot as evidenced by the great thinkers who came to study under him. He would have been more accurate to say he knew nothing compared to how much there is to know, or how much he hoped to eventually know, but "I know nothing" was just an exaggeration to make a point. Much of what he said was more to make a point rather than to be accurate. On here, he might have been called a troll.
I think he'd probably just had a hard day with sophomoric know it all's. Of course he was just making a point, but I don't think he was "engaging in false modesty." Of all the deep, unanswerable questions he pondered, anyone with a brain would realize that in the end we don't know.Socrates made a very profound sounding statement, but he was engaging in false modesty. Obviously he knew a lot as evidenced by the great thinkers who came to study under him. He would have been more accurate to say he knew nothing compared to how much there is to know, or how much he hoped to eventually know, but "I know nothing" was just an exaggeration to make a point. Much of what he said was more to make a point rather than to be accurate. On here, he might have been called a troll.
Your quote is wrong...What does this quote from Socrates mean to you?
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
I think he'd probably just had a hard day with sophomoric know it all's. Of course he was just making a point, but I don't think he was "engaging in false modesty." Of all the deep, unanswerable questions he pondered, anyone with a brain would realize that in the end we don't know.Socrates made a very profound sounding statement, but he was engaging in false modesty. Obviously he knew a lot as evidenced by the great thinkers who came to study under him. He would have been more accurate to say he knew nothing compared to how much there is to know, or how much he hoped to eventually know, but "I know nothing" was just an exaggeration to make a point. Much of what he said was more to make a point rather than to be accurate. On here, he might have been called a troll.
You ASSume a guy called “Socrates” made that quote, but you don’t know what transpired thousands (?) of years ago!What does this quote from Socrates mean to you?
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Knowing nothing is the proper way to start an investigation. "Facts" are a theoretical concept upon which logical deductions can be made, but they rarely represent metaphysical certainty.
Knowing nothing is the proper way to start an investigation. "Facts" are a theoretical concept upon which logical deductions can be made, but they rarely represent metaphysical certainty.
Is metaphysical certainty a fact in your opinion?Knowing nothing is the proper way to start an investigation. "Facts" are a theoretical concept upon which logical deductions can be made, but they rarely represent metaphysical certainty.
Is metaphysical certainty a fact in your opinion?
Is metaphysical certainty a fact in your opinion?
1+1=2 is a metaphysical certainty, but whether 1=1 is a factual question.