Socrates
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Athenian philosopher (469 to 399 BCE) who wrote nothing; his words survive second-hand, chiefly in Plato's dialogues; tried and executed by the Athenian…
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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It is better to know that you do not know than to think you know what you do not (opens korrents.com)
“So I left him, saying to myself, as I went away: Well, although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off than he is,—for he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows; I…”
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No one with understanding could think a man believes in divine things yet not in gods (opens korrents.com)
“You have put this into the indictment because you had nothing real of which to accuse me. But no one who has a particle of understanding will ever be convinced by you that the same men can believe in divine and…”
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Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good (opens korrents.com)
“For the fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretence of knowing the unknown; and no one knows whether death, which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not…”
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It is better to know that you do not know than to think you know what you do not (opens korrents.com)