The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

[sandmoth12]

Socrates is the man! There are so many people that cannot fully wrap their head around that quote, yet when you fully understand its value you realize that you are not more intelligent than anyone else because you don't know anything yourself.

Very awesome life lesson to lean.

[Seranthor]

Socrates is the man! There are so many people that cannot fully wrap their head around that quote, yet when you fully understand its value you realize that you are not more intelligent than anyone else.

Very awesome life lesson to lean.

You would be the same person that had a thread about genius being confused with madness? And another one that demanded a law about the price of textbooks, right?

[Stir]

I'm afraid Socrates isn't the one we should be taking lessons of humility from.

[sandmoth12]

You would be the same person that had a thread about genius being confused with madness? And another one that demanded a law about the price of textbooks, right?

Um yeah..so?

[obdigore]

Confuscious say "man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day".

[Stir]

Confuscious say "man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day".

I laughed, though I'm pretty sure he didn't actually say that.
It's a good one, though. Very apt, as well.

[sandmoth12]

I'm afraid Socrates isn't the one we should be taking lessons of humility from.

I donno he has remained popular for some 2500 years, and his lessons are taught even in our most prestige's colleges of today. Taking that into account I would definitely say what Socrates says holds weight.

[Kraenen]

Socrates is the man! There are so many people that cannot fully wrap their head around that quote, yet when you fully understand its value you realize that you are not more intelligent than anyone else because you don't know anything just like everyone else.

Very awesome life lesson to lean.

This is a bastardization of socrates. You know nothing of him, clearly. He wasn't a solipsist or such a skeptic.

[King Shark]

Wise men say "forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."

[Kraenen]

I'm afraid Socrates isn't the one we should be taking lessons of humility from.

why are you afraid of that?

[DieFichte]

How can I read this post and answer it without knowing anything?

Holy shit am I a f'ing pro!

[sandmoth12]

This is a bastardization of socrates. You know nothing of him, clearly. He wasn't a solipsist or such a skeptic.

Actually I do because I have taken philosophy classes, but then again by Socrates logic I don't know because the only thing that I know is that I know nothing.

[DieFichte]

Actually I do because I have taken philosophy classes, but then again by Socrates logic I don't because I only know that I know nothing.

Depends on how many philosophy classes, on what level and where to actually take that into account.

Actually, to say or write "I know nothing" is kind of a paradoxon.

[Olianda]

Actually I do because I have taken philosophy classes, but then again by Socrates logic I don't know because the only thing that I know is that I know nothing.

You know nothing Jon Snow!

[Stir]

I donno he has remained popular for some 2500 years, and his lessons are taught even in our most prestige's colleges of today. Taking that into account I would definitely say what Socrates says holds weight.

Of course. That says nothing about his ability of self-awareness, nor of his amount of wisdom. Merely that he had a lot of ideas, and that many of his ideas were believed to be fact for ages. Rather, Socrates has remained popular for so long because his philosophies intertwined very neatly with Catholic theology and philosophy of the natural world throughout the middle ages.

That having said, he wasn't a humble man. You can't be all that humble if you truly believe that your personal ideas must certainly be correct even when everyone else disagrees with you. Please also understand that this comes from a person who was brought up to believe that hubris was a virtue.

why are you afraid of that?

Semantics; the phrase is commonly used not in a fearful situation, but when one wishes to express disappointed disagreement. Expressions such as 'I fear you're not as informed as you would wish to be,' for instance, does not express my fear, but rather my disappointment at your sources of information.
Likewise, the word 'fear' is often used to express doubt, or, sometimes, respect, in which (at least, such is my hypothesis), the certainty of the power of the other is tied in with doubt of the self in respect to that power.

[sandmoth12]

Depends on how many philosophy classes, on what level and where to actually take that into account.

Actually, to say or write "I know nothing" is kind of a paradoxon.

I know enough about Socrates to know that I know nothing which is his greatest quote and insight above all others he did.

[obdigore]

Confucius say, man who do business in whore house get jerked around

[Zhangfei]

I know enough about Socrates to know that I know nothing which is his greatest quote and insight above all others he did.

You consider that his greatest insight? Fair enough, but I think Socrates, through Plato, introduced much more significant ideas.

Although I like this quote. It's meant to show the intelligent doubt yet the ignorant always come across as absolutely sure.

[Pfeff]

I feel like you read this quote online when you were stoned and now feel as if you are one with the universe

[Stir]

I know enough about Socrates to know that I know nothing which is his greatest quote and insight above all others he did.

Do you have any idea how deliciously ironic this sentence is?