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  2. I know that I know nothing - Wikipedia

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    This is technically a shorter paraphrasing of Socrates' statement, "I neither know nor think I know" (in Plato, Apology 21d). The paraphrased saying, though widely attributed to Plato's Socrates in both ancient and modern times, actually occurs nowhere in Plato's works in precisely the form "I know I know nothing."

  3. 55 Socrates Quotes on Philosophy, Education and Life - AOL

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    "Nothing is to be preferred before justice." 28. "Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."

  4. Socratic paradox - Wikipedia

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    The term Socratic paradox may refer to several seemingly paradoxical claims made by the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates: I know that I know nothing, a saying that is sometimes (somewhat inaccurately) attributed to Socrates; Socratic fallacy, the view that using a word meaningfully requires being able to give an explicit definition of it

  5. Socrates - Wikipedia

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    Socrates is known for proclaiming his total ignorance; he used to say that the only thing he was aware of was his ignorance, seeking to imply that the realization of one's ignorance is the first step in philosophizing. Socrates exerted a strong influence on philosophers in later antiquity and has continued to do so in the modern era.

  6. Moral intellectualism - Wikipedia

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    For Socrates (469–399 BC), intellectualism is the view that "one will do what is right or best just as soon as one truly understands what is right or best"; that virtue is a purely intellectual matter, since virtue and knowledge are cerebral relatives, which a person accrues and improves with dedication to reason.

  7. Theaetetus (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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    Socrates considers his philosophical work as midwifery . This method, later also called Socratic method, consists in eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers. Protagoras, shown at the right with Democritus, was famous for the quote "Man is the measure of all things" and argued that knowledge was obtained from the senses.

  8. Know thyself - Wikipedia

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    Self-knowledge is one of the main themes of the dialogue, [39] and Socrates quotes the Delphic maxim several times throughout. On the first occasion (124b), Socrates uses the maxim in its traditional sense of "know your limits", advising Alcibiades to measure his strengths against those of his opponents before pitting himself against them.

  9. Epistemic humility - Wikipedia

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    Philosopher Sharon Ryan ascribes the notion of epistemic humility to Socrates' conception of wisdom in Plato's Apology. [7] In the Apology, Chaerephon asks the Oracle at Delphi whether anyone is wiser than Socrates, to which the Oracle replies in the negative. Socrates expresses surprise at the Oracle's response because he claims to know nothing.