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Knowledge And Truth Socrates Claims
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Wisdom is an important topic examined by Socrates
in Plato's Apology. Socrates points out that
wisdom is admitting ones own ignorance. Socrates
believes that his own wisdom comes from realizing
that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless
(44). Socrates shows wisdom because he is able to
admit what he does not know. He does not pretend
to have knowledge when he does not have it.
Socrates puts different people reputed for
knowledge into examination and concludes that they
do not really have a...
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Wealth Reputation And Honors Value Or Worthiness Wisdom
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Interpretations Of Socrates Definition Of Wisdom
Essay, Interpretations Of Socrates Definition Of
Wisdom. he went to Delphi at one time and ventured
to ask the oracle he asked if any man was wiser
than I, and the Pythian replied that no one was
wiser 21 b The oracle speaks in amphiboly. An
amphiboly is a statement whose meaning is
indeterminate in a peculiar way. The statement has
an obvious meaning that is false and a hidden or
concealed meaning which is true. It often requires
an interpretatio...
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