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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." [7] Two prominent Plato scholars have recently argued that the claim should not be attributed to Plato's Socrates. [8] Evidence that Socrates does not ...
Socrates understood the Pythia's response to Chaerephon's question as a communication from the god Apollo and this became Socrates's prime directive, his raison d'être. For Socrates, to be separated from elenchus by exile (preventing him from investigating the statement) was therefore a fate worse than death.
In philosophy, Plato's epistemology is a theory of knowledge developed by the Greek philosopher Plato and his followers.. Platonic epistemology holds that knowledge of Platonic Ideas is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul, often under the midwife-like guidance of an interrogator.
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.
Plato did not claim to know where the line between Form and non-Form is to be drawn. As Cornford points out, [ 33 ] those things about which the young Socrates (and Plato) asserted "I have often been puzzled about these things" [ 34 ] (in reference to Man, Fire and Water), appear as Forms in later works.
“I know NOTHING.” Except the future president did keep a copy of "My New Order," a compilation of Hitler’s speeches, near his bedside, according to his late first wife, Ivana, in a 1990 ...
The term Socratic paradox may to 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
Of the 38 responsible for writing and editing the radical right-wing blueprint, 31 were appointed or nominated to positions in his administration and transition. | Opinion