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There is also a passage by Diogenes Laërtius in his work Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers written hundreds of years after Plato, where he lists, among the things that Socrates used to say: [12] " εἰδέναι μὲν μηδὲν πλὴν αὐτὸ τοῦτο εἰδέναι", or "that he knew nothing except that he knew that ...
it is permitted to know: that is to say; to wit; namely; in a legal caption, it provides a statement of venue or refers to a location. scio: I know: scio me nihil scire: I know that I know nothing: scire quod sciendum: knowledge which is worth having: motto of now defunct publisher Small, Maynard & Company: scribimus indocti doctique poemata passim
The uncertainty of sense data applies equally to the conclusions of reason, and therefore man must be content with probability which is sufficient as a practical guide. "We know nothing, not even our ignorance"; therefore the wise man will be content with an agnostic attitude. [62] Carneades of Cyrene, the most important of the Academic skeptics
Indeed, this is well-known. In fact, Gail Fine discusses that statement at length and still concludes that "it is better not to attribute" to Socrates the statement "I know that I know nohting." See Gail Fine, "Does Socrates Claim to Know that He Knows Nothing?", Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy vol. 35 (2008), pp. 49-88.
The Latin maxim ignoramus et ignorabimus, meaning "we do not know and will not know", represents the idea that scientific knowledge is limited. It was popularized by Emil du Bois-Reymond , a German physiologist , in his 1872 address "Über die Grenzen des Naturerkennens" ("The Limits of Science").
think we know and examines why we don’t know them at all. There is much deceived wisdom in the world – from fit-ness fallacies to dietary deceptions and countless miscellane-ous misconceptions. Given that human beings are inquisitive by nature it might seem odd that so much misinformation is
This fact is at odds with modern critiques of fairy tales; that "Happily ever after" often involves a man saving a helpless woman; that Disney princesses and their Grimm-penned counterparts are tame and silent compared with their princely other halves; that the stories embrace violence but never mention the more feminine grittiness of pregnancy ...
Protagoras (/ p r oʊ ˈ t æ ɡ ə r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πρωταγόρας) is a dialogue by Plato.The traditional subtitle (which may or may not be Plato's) is "or the Sophists".