Socratic Paradox Quotes

To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Socrates... Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men.

The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.

Many men would have arrived at wisdom had they not believed themselves to have arrived there already.

Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is rare, even among philosophers. Moreover, it can be so dangerous to say in public that it can cost you your life. The most subversive people are those who ask questions. Giving answers is not nearly as threatening. Any one question can be more explosive than a thousand answers.

... all that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing.

You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.

The Man That Knowz Something Knowz That He Knowz Nothing At All.

Socrates ... did not write. It seems academically obvious that he perished because he did not publish!

Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only this-that he knew nothing yet.

Nothing puts a greater obstacle in the way of the progress of knowledge than thinking that one knows what one does not yet know.

The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.

One quality in a person doesn't rule out any other quality. They can exist side by side, good and terrible. Socrates said it a lot better.

To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

The Socratic manner is not a game at which two can play