Socrates
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greekphilosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Plato's dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, though it is unclear the degree to which Socrates himself is "hidden behind his 'best disciple', Plato"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
wise knows
I alone know I am wise because I alone know I know nothing.
knows wisest
Wisest is he who knows he knows not.
fear never-fear knows
I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know...
knowing knows
Wisdom is knowing when you don't know
knows known
All that we know is nothing can be known.
knows
As for me, all I know is I know nothing.
fool knows smarter
I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.
ignorance certainty knows
I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.
knows
All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.
knowledge knows
I know what I do not know.
dilemma knows
You don't know what you don't know.
divine concerned knows
You will know that the divine is so great and of such a nature that it sees and hears everything at once, is present everywhere, and is concerned with everything.
philosophical knows one-thing
I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing
littles know-how knows
I only know how little I know